Storm in the Barn PB
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Tall tale. Thriller. Gripping historical fiction. This artful, sparely told graphic novel — a tale of a boy in Dust Bowl America — will resonate with young readers today.
In Kansas in the year 1937, eleven-year-old Jack Clark faces his share of ordinary challenges: local bullies, his father’s failed expectations, a little sister with an eye for trouble. But he also has to deal with the effects of the Dust Bowl, including rising tensions in his small town and the spread of a shadowy illness. Certainly a case of "dust dementia" would explain who (or what) Jack has glimpsed in the Talbot’s abandoned barn — a sinister figure with a face like rain. In a land where it never rains, it’s hard to trust what you see with your own eyes — and harder still to take heart and be a hero when the time comes. With phenomenal pacing, sensitivity, and a sure command of suspense, Matt Phelan ushers us into a world where desperation is transformed by unexpected courage.
Storm in the Barn PB
By Matt Phelan
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In Kansas in the year 1937, eleven-year-old Jack Clark faces his share of ordinary challenges: local bullies, his father’s failed expectations, a little sister with an eye for trouble. But he also has to deal with the effects of the Dust Bowl, including rising tensions in his small town and the spread of a shadowy illness. Certainly a case of "dust dementia" would explain who (or what) Jack has glimpsed in the Talbot’s abandoned barn — a sinister figure with a face like rain. In a land where it never rains, it’s hard to trust what you see with your own eyes — and harder still to take heart and be a hero when the time comes. With phenomenal pacing, sensitivity, and a sure command of suspense, Matt Phelan ushers us into a world where desperation is transformed by unexpected courage.
ISBN
9780763652906
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Pages
208 pages
Publisher
National Geographic Books
Published
Sep 27, 2011
Language
en
Cover type
Paperback
Book details
- Authors
- Matt Phelan
- ISBN
- 9780763652906
- Publisher
- National Geographic Books
- Binding
- Paperback
- Published
- Sep 27, 2011
- Publication year
- 2011
- Pages
- 208
- Dimensions
- 9.06 in × 0.55 in × 7.63 in
- Language
- en
- Categories
- Juvenile FictionHistoricalUnited States20th CenturyLifestylesFarm & Ranch LifeScience & NatureWeather