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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  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2013
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
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
Age Level: 9-12
Grade Level: 4-7
Lexile Measure: 370 GN (Graphic Novel)
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7" W x 8.3" L (1.25 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Friendship
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
- Geographic Orientation - Michigan
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
Awards: Black-Eyed Susan Award, Nominee, Graphic Novel, 2014
Jefferson Cup, Winner, Younger Readers, 2014
Michigan Notable Books, Winner, Notable Book, 2014
Cybils, Finalist, Graphic Novel Elem/Mid, 2013
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2013
School Library Journal 07/01/2013 pg. 104
Shelf Awareness 07/23/2013
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 08/26/2013
Booklist 09/15/2013 pg. 59
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2013 pg. 102
Kirkus Best Middle Grade Books 11/15/2013 pg. 81
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2013 pg. 37
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 159783
Reading Level: 2.5   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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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.

 
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