Graphic Novel Book Club

Join us for a Graphic Novel Book Club to celebrate Will Eisner Week. We will discuss The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur by Allan Wolf and Jose Pimienta, a book Kirkus Reviews calls "A riveting page-turner that will have readers eager to learn more about the topic." We will also eat snacks and chat about why we love graphic novels!

tweens & teens ages 10-18 are welcome, this book will appeal to fans of graphic novels like "I Survived", Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales", fans of nonfiction, or just graphic novel readers- the art and storytelling is excellent!

From the publisher:

The strange, true tale of a Louisiana lake that vanished—taking with it every fish below and every boat and barge above—told in a gripping and accessible graphic format.

Home to catfish and crawdads, shrimp and spoonbills, even a gator or two, Lake Peigneur—pronounced “your pain,” only backward—bustles also with human life. Each day, the bean-shaped freshwater lake and its shores hum with folks going about their work: a devoted gardener’s apprentice and his dogs, fishermen, oilmen drilling at Well P-20, and the fifty-one miners employed by the Diamond Crystal Salt Mines. For most, November 20, 1980, began as “just another day on the lake.” But as the lake itself reflects, humans had, over time, left behind a honeycomb of salt highways deep beneath its surface, and water and salt mix all too well. Bracing, suspenseful, and packed with dramatic illustrations and dense end matter, this story of a catastrophic accident—narrated with the homespun voice of a “tall” tale, but true nonetheless—will amaze science and history buffs alike.