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The Legend of Hong Kil Dong

written and ill. by Anne Sibley O'Brien

Ages: 9+

Published: 2006

Publisher: Charlesbridge

ISBN: 1-58089-302-3

Keywords: Graphic Novel

The son of a powerful minister and a commoner fights injustice and defeds the peasants. Ink and watercolor illustrations.