num_pages: 240
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. Theyre 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 ODell Awardwinning graphic novelist Matt Phelan visualizes a bygone era with lustrous color dynamic lines and flawless dramatic pacing.
language: English
title: Bluffton: My Summers with Buster
publisher: Candlewick Press