Calling the Water Drum Children's Science Fiction Comics & Graphic Novels From award-winning historian Leonard S

From award-winning historian Leonard S

Children will immediately respond to Eric Carle's flat

So begins the story of two star-crossed lovers who keep finding their way into each other’s orbits

yet deeply moving perfection

Calling the Water Drum Children's Science Fiction Comics & Graphic Novels From award-winning historian Leonard SA moving story about a family's attempt to flee Haiti in a boat, and a young boy who bravely learns to navigate a new world through playing his drum. Henri and his parents leave their homeland, Haiti, after they receive an invitation from an uncle to come to New York City. Only able to afford a small, rickety boat, the family sets out in the middle of the night in search of a better life. Out at sea, Henri dreams of what life will be like across the