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cover of Surrounded

Historical Fiction Graphic Novel in Translation

Surrounded: America’s First School for Black Girls, 1832  by Wilfrid Lupano, Stéphane Fert (illustrator)

February 2, 2026 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Along with From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea I picked up Surrounded: America’s First School for Black Girls, 1832 from the library to help (hopefully) re-set my reading brain. This is a graphic novel in translation (originally written and published in French) which is focuses in on a more unknown bit of American history. I feel comfortable calling it such as this is one of my general areas and this school and the court cases surrounding it had missed me, even though Crandall v. State (of Connecticut) was one of the first civil rights […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult Tagged With: historical fiction, read harder challenge, Wilfrid Lupano, Stéphane Fert (illustrator), ya graphic novel

faintingviolet's CBR18 Review No:5 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult · Tags: historical fiction, read harder challenge, Wilfrid Lupano, Stéphane Fert (illustrator), ya graphic novel ·
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