The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo, retold by Michael Ford; Penko Gelev, ill. New York: Barron's, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-7641-5979-4

Tragic tale of a man deformed from birth, and how he risks everything in order to try to protect his true love, Esmeralda, from execution as the result of a false accusation by a scorned admirer.

Media: pen and ink, digital colorization

Rating: 4Q/3P

Literary device utilized: onomatopoeia

Example: “Clang!  Boom!  Dong!” (to represent the ringing of the cathedral bells)

Curricular connection: English/literature, upper middle school/high school level

submitted July 2009 by Josh Mitchell