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Sixteen-year-old Molly, a socially conscious, struggling artist living in New York, befriends a group of children living in a welfare hotel and, incidentally, falls in love with a mysterious young man.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 7-9-- Savvy and eccentric New Yorker Molly, at 16 an accomplished artist, sells her collages in front of the Metropolitan Museum and earns enough to help with rent. Saturdays she drops by a residence for indigent families and teaches street kids art. Life changes when Molly meets Ron, whom she mistakes for the son of a housekeeper. She is infatuated; she never imagines that he is enormously wealthy, and therefore a part of society she has always despised. Molly is a memorable if unrealistic character; her unusual social awareness, her artistic attitude, and her revulsion of all things associated with the ``monied classes'' inform her every move. Few teens would have her demeanor, knowledge, or skills. She works, attends a creative arts high school, supports her mother emotionally, and has a typical teen romance. Class differences are stereotyped; Ron, his parents, and his childhood friend Francine are seen by Molly as leeches on society. A rival appears for Ron in Molly's mime friend Leonard, but this strand is not fully developed. Anything resembling reality is limited to the setting and some descriptive passages; the city art scene comes to life, and there is enough suspense to keep readers guessing. The simple love story is the focus, and while Molly and Ron seem too good to be true, their romance moves forward in fits and starts and is unpredictable to the end. --Gail Richmond, Point Loma High School, San Diego (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
Sixteen-year-old Molly Malone lives in New York City with her widowed mother, a struggling piano teacher. Molly supplements her mother's meager income by selling her art on the streets, where she meets and falls in love with a rich Harvard student. In her effort to understand the values of the affluent, Molly learns a lot about herself. A fast-paced, but boring teen romance. From HORN BOOK 1991, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
Molly, 16, is a true original: she sells collages fashioned from pieces of junk that she's juxtaposed to convey a liberal social message; she also goes regularly to a welfare hotel, where she gives the kids art materials and teaches their use with easy camaraderie. The money she makes at her stall in front of New York's Metropolitan Museum comes in handy, but--unlike her mother, a cocktail singer turned piano teacher--Molly's principles make her averse to the idea of a rich boyfriend. Ron, whom she believes to be the son of the housekeeper to the wealthy Spratts, is more her style; in an idyllic getting-acquainted period, the two share likes and opinions on art, politics, the environment, etc., at a rate that may daunt some readers but that isn't unrealistic from intelligent Molly and a Harvard junior. When Molly discovers that Ron is really a Spratt, she's predictably furious; sensibly, Anderson concludes with a partial reconciliation combined with enforced separation: Ron's off to study architecture at the Sorbonne. Along with some suspense about Ron's identity, the story is kept moving through a series of lively scenes, especially with the kids; a classy museum party is also wittily evoked. Some details, like the fearlessness of Molly's midnight search for an orphaned boy in Times Square, are less than plausible, and minor characters are lightly sketched; but Molly herself is vibrant and determined, her story a better-than-average anti-romance. (Fiction. 12-16)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 7-10. Sixteen-year-old Molly Malone feels strongly about just about everything. Even her collages, which she sells outside the Metropolitan Museum, speak of her social concerns. One of them, made from crack cocaine vials, leads her to start an art class for kids living in a welfare hotel. The last person Molly would fall for is a rich guy, but when Ron comes into her life, she thinks he's the son of the Spratt family's housekeeper, not a member of an upper-crust clan. She learns his identity at a lavish fund-raiser--he's the son of the hostess; Molly's waiting tables. As a story of clashing values, this doesn't work very well. Readers will know chapters ahead of Molly just who Ron is, and the fact that he continues to pursue her seems farfetched. She is so strident that she's a turnoff. But one cannot be strident without being passionate, too, and perhaps that is Molly's charm. Certainly, her relationship with "her" kids at the hotel is full of fervor and is one of the strongest parts of the book. This is also a love song to New York City, and although Molly is clear-eyed about the city's tragedies, large and small, you can't help but share her enthusiasm for its many wonders. Like Molly, the book is ambitious and, perhaps, tries to do too much at once, but there's an energy here that can't be denied. (Reviewed Nov. 15, 1991)0152138013Ilene Cooper