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.
ISBN: | 9780763650797 |
Publisher: | Candlewick Press |
Imprint: | Candlewick Press |
Published date: | 23 Jul 2013 |
DEWEY: | 741.5973 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 223 |
Weight: | 567g |
Height: | 210mm |
Width: | 178mm |
Spine width: | 21mm |