Looking for something to read yourself or for your students? Check out these new comic books and teen fiction titles at the OISE Library!

Classics Illustrated Deluxe #8: Oliver Twist: Have you ever read the classic novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens? Try reading it as a graphic novel! Oliver Twist was born minutes before his mother’s unfortunate death. Now he must make it in a world that offers nothing. Oliver must grow up fast to survive as an orphan. However, escaping hunger and abuse without becoming a criminal is a challenge. In this novel, Charles Dickens depicted the difficult life of working-class children in Victorian England. Oliver Twist is a powerful and realistic tale of this time. The story is brilliantly adapted into graphic-novel form using colorful illustrations. Try reading this story for the first time, or compare it to the original!

Philosophy: A Discovery in Comics: What is thinking? What is reality? These questions might lead to a headache, but this fun comic will not! The illustrations and dialogue of characters will teach readers about different philosophers in history and an understanding of deep thinking. This title is a great reference for readers who are already familiar with philosophy, and also readers who are just starting to learn about this topic!

The Death Cure and The Kill Order: Have you read the popular young adult titles The Maze Runner or The Scorch Trials? Try reading the final installment of the series titled The Death Cure. If you are still craving more of The Maze Runner series, also check out the prequel titled The Kill Order. This series is a modern classic like The Hunger Games and Divergent. The series falls under the genres of dystopian and science-fiction. Read them fast, before their rumored movie adaptation!

These and other new books are all available on the New Acquisitions shelf on the ground floor of the library.