Bluffton: My Summers with Buster
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Matt Phelan, graphic novelist extraordinaire, presents a rollicking tribute to vaudeville, small-town dreams, and Buster Keaton as a boy. In the summer of 1908, in Muskegon, Michigan, a visiting troupe of vaudeville performers is about the most exciting thing since baseball. They're summering in nearby Bluffton, so Henry has a few months to ogle the elephant and the zebra, the tightrope walkers and -- lo and behold -- a slapstick actor his own age named Buster Keaton. The show folk say Buster is indestructible; his father throws him around as part of the act and the audience roars, while Buster never cracks a smile. Henry longs to learn to take a fall like Buster, "the human mop," but Buster just wants to play ball with Henry and his friends. With signature nostalgia, Scott O'Dell Award-winning graphic novelist Matt Phelan visualizes a bygone era with lustrous color, dynamic lines, and flawless dramatic pacing.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:076365079X
ISBN13:9780763650797
Release Date:July 2013
Publisher:Candlewick Press (MA)
Length:240 Pages
Weight:1.29 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 7.0" x 8.3"
Age Range:9 to 12 years
Grade Range:Grades 4 to 7
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