Great Turkey Walk HC (2024 Helvetiq) comic books
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1st printing. Written by Kathleen Karr. Art and cover by Leonie Bischoff. Adapted by Michelle Bailat-Jones. Kathleen Karr's classic American story of grit, friendship, and turkeys-finally reimagined as a sensational graphic novel. 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 beloved middle-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 Léonie Bischoff's enchanting graphic novel, finally available in English. Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $29.95.
