| Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Contributor(s): Phelan, Matt (Author), Phelan, Matt (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 076365079X ISBN-13: 9780763650797 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $19.54 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels - General - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts - Theater & Musicals - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2012947260 |
| Lexile Measure: 370 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7" W x 8.3" (1.25 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Geographic Orientation - Michigan |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 159783 Reading Level: 2.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |