Language: G (0 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG (minor gun violence briefly depicted)
BUYING ADVISORY: EL - OPTIONAL
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Simon doesn’t have much book smarts, but he does have a plan. If he buys 1000 bronze turkeys from a local farmer and can get them successfully to Denver, he can make enough profit to start his own business. He doesn’t bargain for finding friends, finding family, finding treachery, and finding other excitement and danger along the way.
To be clear - this edition is based upon the French graphic novel, which is based on the original English novel written by Katherine Karr - kind of convoluted. I have the original novel and I personally enjoyed it When students chose historical fiction, someone usually reads it. The graphic novel, however, makes Simon look very young - 12 at the most. Entertaining, but short lived. I can't predict whether it will do better than the novel or not. Plus, it is 11” tall - so it won’t fit on a regular fiction shelf.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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