Travel back to nineteenth-century France with ex-convict Jean Valjean as he tries to put his criminal past behind him and his fate intertwines with the ruthless Inspector Javert, determined to put Valjean back behind bars; the poor factory worker Fantine, whose struggle to provide for her child leads to her death; her orphaned daughter, Cosette, whom Valjean saves from poverty and neglect; and Cosette’s besotted suitor, Marius. As a revolution sweeps through Paris, can Valjean elude Javert and secure a happy life for Cosette before all is lost? Follow their story in Marcia Williams’s entertaining and easily digestible retelling for young readers.
- ISBN: 9780763674762
- Authors: Hugo, Victor; Williams, Marcia
- Illustrator: Hugo, Victor
- Published: 2015 , Candlewick Press
- Themes: class inequality, Classics, freedom, French Revolution, Love
- Descriptors: France, Graphic Novel, Intermediate (ages 9-14)
- No. of pages: 64