Winner of the grand prize at theAngouleme International Comics Festival!

Kathleen Karr's classicAmerican story of grit, friendship, and turkeys-finally reimagined as asensational graphic novel.

Missouri 1860:Simon Green is a bad student. His mother is deadand his father has disappeared. But he's daring, and so when he hears thatturkeys 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 apair of mules. To survive the odyssey that follows, Simon will need grit, luckand smarts-and a colorful cast of friends.

Kathleen Karr's belovedmiddle-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 Leonie 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 theAngouleme International Comics Festival as well astheACBD(French Comic Book Critics Association's Award).