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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
Charming. Thought provoking. Glad I finally found this classic.
Highly recommend for 8 and up!
Highly recommend for 8 and up!
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
A very fun children's book. If I hadn't gone into this with super high expectations, I think I would have enjoyed it a lot. Unfortunately, I had recently read E.L. Konigsburg's other Newbery winner, The View From Saturday. That book is utterly fabulous. Naturally, I was expecting this one to live up to that, and it didn't quite do it. I think the difference was the characters. In TVFS, the characters had wonderful, distinct personalities, desires, and stories. I missed that in this book. Claudia and Jamie weren't bad characters, but they weren't exactly memorable.
The adventures were great, and I enjoyed the references to famous artists and seeing the children react to the different artifacts and displays. There were also a lot of humorous moments that made it interesting. I would really recommend this to any child looking for a book, but not before The View From Saturday. That one's just too good.
The adventures were great, and I enjoyed the references to famous artists and seeing the children react to the different artifacts and displays. There were also a lot of humorous moments that made it interesting. I would really recommend this to any child looking for a book, but not before The View From Saturday. That one's just too good.
I never read this as a kid. Probably because it won the Newbery Medal, which usually means that the book is boring and preachy. Little did I know that this book was neither. I just wish I knew this back in elementary school.
Loved this book as a child and still love it as an adult. I reread it because of the 50th anniversary of the book is this year (2017). It's one of the best examples of an excellent children's literature novel.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book was fascinating from start to finish. I really appreciate authors that give their characters wit and this book sure fulfilled that! I also enjoyed the fact that the three main characters of the book were 2 children and 1 elderly woman. The children are life at its most innocent, wanting to learn something new every day while the older woman had learned enough, she felt, and was ready to let it all soak in and just simply dwell within her rather than packing more in. Each side is so different from the other, at each end of life. Very interesting to me!
When Claudia and Jamie Kincaid run away from their home in Connecticut, they make it a destination affair. They go hide in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in nearby NYC. While there, they discover not only that security is ridiculously lax, but that a two-foot-tall statue the museum recently purchased at auction for $225 may be a lost piece by Michelangelo. Now they have to prove it before their meager funds run out and they are forced to return home.
This is an interesting story but ultimately a bit boring and unbelievable. This book was a school wide read at my son’s elementary school and I can’t say either of us was really looking forward to each night that a new chapter was assigned. Admittedly the final two chapters were a bit more interesting than the previous ones, but they still weren’t enough to make the book worthwhile.
This is an interesting story but ultimately a bit boring and unbelievable. This book was a school wide read at my son’s elementary school and I can’t say either of us was really looking forward to each night that a new chapter was assigned. Admittedly the final two chapters were a bit more interesting than the previous ones, but they still weren’t enough to make the book worthwhile.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
A childhood favorite of mine. I think it may have seeped into my subconscious as a child and influenced my decision to major in art history and move to NYC. Re-reading this one was just as clever, funny and wonderful as it felt when I was younger!