{"product_id":"the-great-turkey-walk-a-graphic-novel-adaptation-of-the-classic-story-of-a-boy-his-dog-and-a-thousand-turkeys-9783039640676","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\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the grand prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathleen Karr's classic\u003cbr\u003eAmerican story of grit, friendship, and turkeys--finally reimagined as a\u003cbr\u003esensational graphic novel.\u003c\/b\u003eMissouri 1860: Simon Green is a bad student. His mother is dead\u003cbr\u003eand his father has disappeared. But he's daring, and so when he hears that\u003cbr\u003eturkeys 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\u003cbr\u003epair of mules. To survive the odyssey that follows, Simon will need grit, luck\u003cbr\u003eand smarts--and a colorful cast of friends.\u003cbr\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 Léonie 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 Angoulême International Comics Festival as well as the \u003ci\u003eACBD\u003c\/i\u003e (French Comic Book Critics Association's Award). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\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\u003e was born in Allentown, \u003cbr\u003ePennsylvania, and grew up on a chicken farm in Dorothy, New Jersey. \u003cbr\u003eAfter escaping to college, she worked in the film industry, and also \u003cbr\u003etaught in high school and college. She seriously began writing fiction \u003cbr\u003eon a dare from her husband. After honing her skills in women's fiction, \u003cbr\u003eher children asked her to write a book for them (\u003ci\u003eIt Ain't Always Easy\u003c\/i\u003e), and she discovered she loved writing\u003cbr\u003e for young readers. She is the author of more than twenty novels for \u003cbr\u003eyoung readers. Her book \u003ci\u003eThe Boxer\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Golden Kite award. She died \u003cbr\u003ein 2017. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating in comics from the \u003cbr\u003eInstitut Saint-Luc in Brussels, \u003cb\u003eL?onie Bischoff \u003c\/b\u003ebecame a bookseller and \u003cbr\u003ethen an editor. She is the author of a graphic novel about the diarist \u003cbr\u003eAna?s Nin. Her adaptation of Kathleen Karr's The Great Turkey Walk is \u003cbr\u003eher first book for children. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, L?onie \u003cbr\u003ecurrently lives in Belgium. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Bailat-Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator and novelist living in \u003cbr\u003eSwitzerland. She has translated several short stories as well as two \u003cbr\u003enovels by C. F. Ramuz, \u003ci\u003eBeauty on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhat if the Sun...?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Her other translations include work by Clarisse Francillon, Claude \u003cbr\u003eCahun, Julia Allard Daudet, Laure Mi-Hyun Croset, and C?line Cerny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Helvetiq","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50894523629842,"sku":"9783039640676","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b5d194e7-6515-4758-aa68-8f424c803a5a.jpg?v=1738252254","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-9783039640676","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}