Graphic Classics-The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo, Retold by Michael Ford

Length: 48 Pages, Graphic Novel

This graphic novel takes Victor Hugo's favorite story and retells it using pictures and in a graphic format. Unlike the other graphic novels each picture has writing underneath it to fully explain each graphic. The story has several main characters but centers around the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda and the men who fall in love with her. It is set in the Renaissance time period. Esmeralda is wrongfully convicted of a murder she didn't commit. She is rescued by the Hunchback who takes her to Notre Dame Cathedral. Unlike the Disney version this one is true to the original novel and doesn't have a happy ending. The story is grim but still very interesting. The last several pages of the book are filled with information about the author and about the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.