{"product_id":"the-great-turkey-walk-a-graphic-novel-adaptation-of-the-classic-story-of-a-boy-his-dog-and-a-thousand-turkeys-9783039640638","title":"The Great Turkey Walk: A Graphic Novel Adaptation of the Classic Story of a Boy, His Dog and a Thousand Turkeys","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the grand prize at the Angoul?me International Comics Festival!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathleen Karr's classic American story of grit, friendship, and turkeys--finally reimagined as a sensational graphic novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMissouri 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathleen 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 L?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 the Angoul?me International Comics Festival as well as the \u003ci\u003eACBD\u003c\/i\u003e (French Comic Book Critics Association's Award).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathleen Karr \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and grew up on a chicken farm in Dorothy, New Jersey. After escaping to college, she worked in the film industry, and also taught in high school and college. She seriously began writing fiction on a dare from her husband. After honing her skills in women's fiction, her children asked her to write a book for them (\u003ci\u003eIt Ain't Always Easy\u003c\/i\u003e), and she discovered she loved writing for young readers. She is the author of more than twenty novels for young readers. Her book \u003ci\u003eThe Boxer\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Golden Kite award. She died in 2017. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating in comics from the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels, \u003cb\u003eL?onie Bischoff\u003c\/b\u003e became a bookseller and then an editor. She is the author of a graphic novel about the diarist Ana?s Nin. Her adaptation of Kathleen Karr's \u003ci\u003eThe Great Turkey Walk\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book for children. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, L?onie currently lives in Belgium. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Bailat-Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator and novelist living in Switzerland. She has translated several short stories as well as two novels by C. F. Ramuz, \u003ci\u003eBeauty on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhat if the Sun...?\u003c\/i\u003e Her other translations include work by Clarisse Francillon, Claude Cahun, Julia Allard Daudet, Laure Mi-Hyun Croset, and C?line Cerny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Helvetiq","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875244511506,"sku":"9783039640638","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d2f137e6-f639-4c75-bf61-82f96209e8ba.jpg?v=1738283922","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-great-turkey-walk-a-graphic-novel-adaptation-of-the-classic-story-of-a-boy-his-dog-and-a-thousand-turkeys-9783039640638","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}