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Keaton, Buster
2 Reviews
(3)
4-6
The protagonist and her father are traveling vaudeville performers in 1910. Hope has had enough of the circuit, though, and wants to go home to Chicago. With Halley's Comet on the horizon, she and her friend--young Buster Keaton--hatch a scheme to sell "anti-comet pills" to the panicked public. The well-paced and entertaining narrative has an authentic historical feel.
Reviewer: Aimee Chevrette Bear
(2)
K-3
This picture book biography's deadpan text and masterfully varied comic-book design outline Keaton's life from birth through his early days in Hollywood. On some pages, narrow horizontal frames show a perspective differing from the main illustration; on others side-by-side vertical frames propel the action. An author's note invites further exploration of the man and his movies. Bib.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
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May, 2008
2 reviews
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