Unsolved Case Files: Jailbreak at Alcatraz
Frank Morris & the Anglin Brothers' Great Escape, a Graphic Novel
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 7, 2021
An ALA Top Ten Best Graphic Novel for Children The second book in this graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases is a gripping account of an escape from Alcatraz, the infamous island prison.
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- Who it’s for
- A true Alcatraz escape becomes a brisk graphic investigation, with the answer still out of reach.
- Themes
- Alcatraz escape, Decades-long manhunt, Unsolved true crime
- Genres
- Comics History, Law & Crime for Kids, 20th Century U.S.
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An ALA Top Ten Best Graphic Novel for Children The second book in this graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases is a gripping account of an escape from Alcatraz, the infamous island prison. CASE NO. 002: THE ROCK June 12, 1962 SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA 7:18 A.M. A corrections officer at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary tries to awaken inmate AZ-1441, Frank Morris. But when he shakes the unresponsive man, his head rolls off the pillow and crashes to the floor!
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Soon the guards realize that Morris and two other inmates, brothers John and Clarence Anglin, had done the seemingly impossible: escaped from the notorious island prison. This is the incredible true story of the daring and inventive escape and a decades-long manhunt in a case that remains unsolved to this day. Comics panels, reproductions of documents from real FBI files, and photos from the investigation combine for a thrilling read for sleuths of all ages. This entry in the Unsolved Case Files series is just as compelling as the first book, Unsolved Case Files: Escape at 10,000 Feet, which Kirkus praised as "compulsively readable."
Case Files in Panels
A true Alcatraz escape becomes a brisk graphic investigation, with the answer still out of reach.
Come here for
- An audacious prison escape and a decades-long unsolved case
- The appeal of real FBI files, rendered in graphic nonfiction
Expect
- Comics panels alongside reproduced documents and investigation photos
- A case that remains unresolved
Where it sits
| Law & Crime for Kids | 67% |
|---|---|
| 20th Century U.S. | 58% |
| Comics History | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Adventure & Explorers
- Girls & Young Women
- State & Local History
- 19th Century U.S.
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- 20th Century U.S.
- 21st Century U.S. History
- U.S. Places
- Comics & Graphic Nonfiction
- Authors
- Tom Sullivan
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- September 7, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Alcatraz escape · Decades-long manhunt · Unsolved true crime
- Reading lane
- Adventure & Explorers