New York: First Second / Roaring Brook Press, (2006). SIGNED first edition - The first book in a new series of graphic novels for older children - or all ages!. Set in nineteenth-century America, set on a mysterious island unknown to the rest of the world. this is a boiling concoction of slavery, patriotism, religion, and greed - in many ways, the story of America itself. SIGNED by the author on the title page with a small doodle and an embossed stamp with "guaranteed authentic" Illustrated throughout in full color. 119 pp. ISBN: 1-596430974.