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When ten-year-old Rudy breaks an older boy's Discman at a baseball game, he and his friend Alex come up with a variety of ways to make money to pay for a new one.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 4-6Soto once again tells a story of Mexican-American youngsters growing up in the heat of California's Central Valley. When Rudy Herrera accidentally breaks the neighborhood tough guy's Discman, he and his best friend, Alex, are desperate to earn enough money to replace the expensive item before the bully returns to town and destroys them. One crazy money-making scheme after another fails with humorous and not totally unexpected results. Sprinkled with Spanish and teen-specific expressions (``homeboy,'' ``raza-style''), the dialogue is contemporary and realistic. Soto's strength lies in the depth, warmth, and humor of his characters. Especially memorable are Rudy's grandfather, who loves to tell stories of his youth that he thinks relate to Rudy's current problem, and Mrs. Estrada, an elderly neighbor with 13 cats. With its universal growing-up themes of bully-fear, friendship, and family relationships, Boys at Work is a reader-friendly addition.Rosie Peasley, Empire Union School District, Modesto, CA (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
In a well-crafted sequel to 'The Pool Party' (Delacorte), Soto tells a summertime story of two boys whose need to raise money is based on an interesting twist. Soto once again integrates Latino culture with the hopes, fears, and fun of two ordinary ten-year-olds. From HORN BOOK 1995, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
Two Latino fourth-graders scramble to raise money when one accidently breaks a local punk's portable CD player. Readers who met Rudy and Alex in Soto's Pool Party (1993) will find that they still charge off to find out the hard way whether their schemes are practical or not, loyally helping each other out of jams, and elevating the conversation like true 10-year-olds (``Rudy, you ever notice that when you drink milk, you sweat water?''). The author sprinkles his dialogue with Spanish exclamations and slang (translated or clear from context), and surrounds Rudy with relatives both sympathetic and not. As in most of his books, Soto creates a community that will be familiar to readers of any ethnic background that also retains its distinctive flavor. Casilla renders young people with fair realism, reinforcing this sense of familiarity in a handful of b&w scenes; the punks look less scary than the boys' imaginations had painted them--just taller neighborhood kids in the same jeans and t-shirts. After a tense but nonviolent climax, this story comes to its comfortable close, an everyday sort of story punctuated by moments of high and low comedy. (Fiction. 9-11)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 3-5. Fans of Soto's previous book, The Pool Party (1993), will be delighted to see Rudy Heffera and his best friend, Alex, surface again in this warm and humorous tale. This time, Rudy accidentally breaks an expensive disc player belonging to Trucha Mendoza, "an honest-to-goodness gangster." To earn enough money to replace it before Trucha comes home from vacation, the friends take on a number of truly odd jobs, one more hilarious than the next. Soto's use of Spanish words, phrases, and slang lends authenticity to the dialogue, and Robert Casilla's soft, realistic black-and-white illustrations bring the comical antics to life. Rudy's devilish teenage sister provides a welcome dash of color, a nice contrast to other secondary characters, who are portrayed in a flat and somewhat stereotypical fashion. An easy, entertaining read. --Lauren Peterson