So while I can no longer attest to the fact that this is a perfect adaptation, whether it matches the novel plot point by plot point, I can say that Hamilton truly captures the sense of the novel in his comic. Like I said, it’s been a long time since I read the original story, but reading the comic left me with the same feeling I recalled from reading the original novel. It doesn’t hurt that the author authorized the adaptation. (While I see no problem with an 8th grade reading this book, it is better suited for a high school audience.) Adapting this story into a comic form will hopefully have a whole new generation of readers appreciating this story and contemplating what life will be like without the written word. In my 7 years working in a middle school, only 1 teacher has attempted it with their class and it wasn’t the right fit. I don’t know how widely this title is read today. So I was left sort of spooked by the idea of a society that valued technology over books. As an avid reader, who at that point in her life had not considered becoming a librarian, I could not imagine a life without books. And though it’s been a long time since I picked up the book, and don’t think I’ve read it since, I’ve always remembered the eerie and lonely feeling I had while reading the novel and the same feeling that stayed with me when I was done. At the time, I had been on a short-lived ‘read the classics’ kick and read it for my own pleasure, not a school assignment. I first read Fahrenheit 451 somewhere between the end of 8th grade and the beginning of 9th grade. Publisher’s Age Recommendation- General Adult Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation

Hill & Wang takes a favorite and a classic and cleverly adapts it to a comic form, bringing this story to a whole new generation.

Fahrenheit 451 by Tim Hamilton