The Girl Who Owned a City
The Graphic Novel
Age 10+
Graphic Novels Comic Strip Fiction / Graphic Novels
A killing virus has swept the earth, sparing only children through the age of twelve. Fierce gangs form, and many
children go hungry. It would be the same on Grand Avenue but for ten-year-old Lisa. Lisa decides to make a fortress from the abandoned high school, a city in which the children can live safely and happily. After dramatic struggles with a violent gang, and though some of her followers choose a different sort of life, she brings her new city under control.
Creators
O. T. Nelson has said that he wrote The Girl Who Owned a City because he wanted "children to realize that they are important and that they have the ability to think and make a difference." Mr. Nelson is an artist and writer who lives in Minnesota with his wife. He has two adult children.
