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Eighth graders Tyler and Lymie mastermind a hoax in which they imitate the sculptures of a famous artist who once lived in their town, but they find themselves in big trouble when their work is accepted as genuine by art critics.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 6-8-- Tyler and Lymie, from The Trouble with Lemons (Godine, 1991), are back and ready for action. Trouble seems to follow these two 13-year-olds. As Wakefield prepares to celebrate the work of Badoglio, a famous local artist, the boys create nonserious sculpture of their own. When their art gets mistaken for early Badoglio, the boys learn that beauty and meaning truly are in the ``eye of the beholder.'' This breezy, lighthearted tale streams along, taking the boys from one slapstick adventure to the next. There are serious undertones, however, and they give the book added depth. Tyler makes fun of an unattractive girl until she unexpectedly helps him out of a frightening situation. He learns to look beyond her surface, just what the fancy art critics cannot do with the fake sculptures. His perspective has the fresh, natural voice of a young man who is bright but still lacking in judgment. Lymie, his comic foil, has more heart than brains but is always ready to take action. The humor is sometimes a little too cute, but the book should be popular. Hayes's episodic style and quick pace make him a sort of Ellen Conford for boys. --Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, County of Henrico Public Library, Richmond, VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
出版社周刊评论
Tyler and Lymie, the inseparable duo from The Trouble with Lemons , find themselves in an unsettling situation. With all of Wakefield preparing a celebration in honor of Badoglio, a renowned sculptor who lived in their town at the turn of the century, Lymie convinces his pal that they should make a few sculptures of their own--``If somebody like that Badoglio guy could make money sculpturing, why can't we?'' Tyler remains skeptical--``Be real, Lyme. You're almost flunking eighth grade art.'' Eventually the boy gives in, but he would never have guessed that nationally known art critics would consider their rock carvings genuine, nor could he have predicted the trouble that ensues. Although the story focuses on these impulsive youngsters' antics, Hayes also perceptively explores relationships among friends, family and community members with lifelike dialogue and telling narration. Readers will delight in these protagonists' sundry predicaments, all of which are resolved with ingenuity and imagination. Ages 11-up. (Dec.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
According to local legend, an Italian sculptor once threw two of his partially completed busts into a local river, from which they had never been recovered. Tyler and his friend Lymie fashion stone heads and drop them into the river as a Halloween prank. By the time the truth is discovered, the boys have learned a valuable lesson about adult pretensions and weaknesses, though the story is more lighthearted than [cd2]The Trouble with Lemons' (Godine). From HORN BOOK 1992, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
The eighth-graders who appeared in The Trouble with Lemons (1991) are back in a stronger second novel, less freighted with the life conflicts of its adult characters. The theme here is comic, hinging on the pickles that Tyler (privileged only child of a widowed actress) and his slower, marginally more sensible friend Lymie (scion of a farm family in Wakefield, in upstate New York) keep getting into--notably, after carving stone heads in imitation of Badoglio, a revered sculptor who once worked in Wakefield. Teased about their handiwork, the boys throw the two heads into a river, whence they are dredged up and misidentified- -by eminent art critics and community luminaries--as genuine Badoglios. Hayes makes good use of the boys' ensuing moral dilemma, and even better use of its comic possibilities, spinning them out through several surprising reversals. Other events- -especially a Halloween encounter with a vicious neighbor who overreacts to a prank--establish the boys' propensity for trouble, but divert attention from the primary story. Other strengths here are also undermined by faults: groundskeeper Chuckie is a refreshing blend of big brother and father figure to Tyler, but Lymie's apparent talents (consistently misrepresented by his narrator friend) are out of focus; there's some laudably fresh language, and much of the dialogue is snappy and realistic, but it goes on and on. A funny book with real insights, but much in need of pruning. (Fiction. 11-15)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 5-8. First introduced in The Trouble with Lemons [BKL My 1 91], eighth-grader Tyler McAlister and his crony, Lymie Lawrence, are up to their ears in trouble once more. It seems that a famous Italian sculptor had spent a few years in their town when he was young, and rumor has it that he threw two partially completed stone heads in the river. The town is planning a celebration of the artist, preceded by a dredging of the river in hopes of finding the "lost treasures." When Lymie finds some oval-shaped rocks, he confronts Tyler with them: "So if somebody like that Badoglio guy could make money sculpturing, why can't we?" The boys attack the rocks with power tools, but their stone heads turn out so bad that they chuck them in the river near Badoglio's former cottage as a prank, figuring, if they're dredged up, "everybody'll have a little laugh, and that'll be that." Little do the boys realize how the eye of the beholder sees "Art." The contortions and fancy dancing they go through trying to extricate themselves from the situation without embarrassing the town when the heads go on public display are downright hilarious, and the conclusion is just right. Once again Hayes portrays young teens honestly and realistically, with all their bravado and doubts. ~--Sally Estes