As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
(4)
1-3
Eisner's comic-book adaptation of Melville's novel about one man's obsession with a white whale remains true to the spirit, if not the letter, of his classic work. Purists will blanch at this graphic distillation of a revered work of American literature, but the cartoon panels capture Ahab's quest for vengeance and his descent into madness in a manner that may appeal to reluctant readers, especially boys.