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New arrival:First Man

By Laura | Published: September 2, 2015
My translation of Simon Schwartz’s First Man: Reimagining Matthew Henson just arrived in the mail from Lerner Books. It’s based on the amazing true story, one I’m ashamed to say I’d never heard before, of Matthew Henson, the first African American to travel to the frozen wastes of the North. Beautifully illustrated, this graphic novel [...]
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The Other Side of the Wall

By Laura | Published: May 22, 2015
I really enjoyed translating Simon Schwartz’s The Other Side of the Wall (Graphic Universe), a German graphic novel about a young boy growing up in East Berlin before the fall of the Wall. A cracking read!
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