A review by sdertinger
History Comics: The Great Chicago Fire: Rising from the Ashes by Kate Hannigan

4.0

I have always been intrigued by history, especially history near to my home. This graphic novel telling of The Great Chicago Fire will be great for young readers. I loved that it was a mix of panels, speech bubbles, diagrams, and other text features. The illustrations are wonderful, and I think it is overall pretty engaging (I think for reluctant readers too). My only worries is the hard to follow pace. There were moments where it felt rushed and you kind of asked yourself, "What did I just read?" But then there were parts/text features that could have been placed elsewhere so it would flow better. Other than that, I think this is a great start to a series that I would like to add to my classroom.