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Robert Louise Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
adapted by Alan Grant
Illustrator: Cam Kennedy
Ages: 12+
Published: 2008
Publisher: Tundra
ISBN: 978-0-88776-882-8
Keywords: Graphic format
Appropriately dark and mysterious panels work well with the adapted text to introduce this classic.