Kid Beowulf: The Rise of El Cid

ALEXIS E FAJARDO

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Age Range: 8 to 14

Lexile Measure: 410 (What’s this?)

Series: Kid Beowulf (Book 3)

Pages: 256

Type: Graphic Novel

Publication Date: August 7, 2018

ISBN:9781449493844

About The Book

The third volume in the Kid Beowulf series by Alexis E. Fajardo is an action-adventure swashbuckler with a dash of romance set in medieval Spain. Based on the Spanish national epic, El Cid, Kid Beowulf: The Rise of El Cid picks up shortly after the events of book two. Beowulf and Grendel are in war-torn Spain, where honor is hard-fought, allegiances are dubious, and the bulls run wild. Amidst it all comes a young knight named Rodrigo, who fights for the name he’s lost, the land he loves, and the virtue they’ve both forgotten. It continues the Kid Beowulf narrative and gives Beowulf and Grendel new characters to meet and lessons to learn.

About The Author

Alexis E. Fajardo is a student of the classics—whether Daffy Duck or Damocles—and has created a unique blend of the two with Kid Beowulf. When he’s not drawing comics, he works for them at the Charles M. Schulz Studio in Santa Rosa, California. Lex does not live in a castle but would like to one day with his wife and his dog, Loki.

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Kid Beowulf: The Rise of El Cid

Grade Levels: 3-5
Curriculum Connections: English Language Arts

As students read Kid Beowulf: The Rise of El Cid, they will record text evidence of a chosen character’s beliefs and decisions. Students will then analyze and write about how their chosen character’s moral code affects the character’s decisions in the story. Then they will compare and contrast different characters’ beliefs and decisions.

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Kid Beowulf: The Song of Roland

Grade Levels: 3-5
Curriculum Connections: English Language Arts

Students read Kid Beowulf: The Song of Roland and complete character studies. Each student then creates a timeline of his or her character’s actions and writes about the character’s motivations and choices and how they affect the story. After students share their character studies with the class, each student chooses two more characters and analyzes their interactions and motivations.

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