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Missouri 1860:Simon Green is a bad student. His mother is dead and his father has disappeared. But he＊s daring, and so when he hears that turkeys fetch a higher price in Denver, he borrows his teacher’s life savings and buys a herd of a thousand birds. Then he sets off on the thousand-mile trek with his dog and a pair of mules. To survive the odyssey that follows, Simon will need grit, luck and smarts〞and a colorful cast of friends.
Kathleen Karr＊s belovedmiddle-grade novel of a resourceful boy and his herd of a thousand turkeys has enchanted readers everywhere since it was first published in 1998. Now it will reach a whole new audience in L谷onie Bischoff’s enchanting graphic novel, finally available in English. The adaptation has already garnered two of the world’s most prestigious graphic novel awards: the grand prize at theAngoul那me International Comics Festival as well asthe
(French Comic Book Critics Association＊s Award).
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