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noapo88's review against another edition
5.0
נקרא בעברית מלחמת הדוכנועים.
זה היה אחד הספרים האהובים עלי ביותר כשהייתי ילדה. במרכזו מלחמה בין נהגי משאיות לבין בעלי דוכנועים בניו יורק.
הספר מצחיק מאוד והאיורים של דודו גבע אהובים עלי ביותר. זה ספר שמדבר על פוליטיקה ברמה שילדים יכולים להבין.
זה היה אחד הספרים האהובים עלי ביותר כשהייתי ילדה. במרכזו מלחמה בין נהגי משאיות לבין בעלי דוכנועים בניו יורק.
הספר מצחיק מאוד והאיורים של דודו גבע אהובים עלי ביותר. זה ספר שמדבר על פוליטיקה ברמה שילדים יכולים להבין.
thewallflower00's review against another edition
3.0
A perfectly serviceable book. It’s good for explaining to kids about war–how it starts, how it works. Like Animal Farm Lite. It’s so well-written, I thought it was a true story. I had to look up whether this was fiction or non-fiction.
It’s narrative fiction book about a conflict between pushcart peddlers and the truckers who want them off the streets. Although I said it’s good for teaching about war, there’s a clear “little guys vs. big bullies” allegory here, as the truckers are never put in a sympathetic light. The newspaper publisher in Newsies got better press than the truckers did.
This is as small a conflict as you expect from such a war, but that makes it accessible to readers. But it blows it up to talk about the Pea-Shooter Campaign as importantly as Sherman’s March. It’s different from any other children’s fiction book I’ve read. It’s good for the rare child who doesn’t like reading fiction, adding a little humor into it now and then to keep kids interested (but it’s no Sideways Stories from Wayside School). It gives kids what they don’t usually get in their fiction–politics, war theory, international issues, economics, civil liberties, propaganda, etc.
Problem is, I’m trying to figure out who this book is for, who I’d recommend it to, and I can’t think of anyone. It would be a great book for a social studies teacher to use in a classroom, to teach the issues mentioned above. But I don’t think I can recommend just picking it up and reading it. They love fantasy books like “Wings of Fire” and “Percy Jackson”, which put plot before message. This is a message book. But it’s a book of good taste so you feel smarter after reading it.
It’s narrative fiction book about a conflict between pushcart peddlers and the truckers who want them off the streets. Although I said it’s good for teaching about war, there’s a clear “little guys vs. big bullies” allegory here, as the truckers are never put in a sympathetic light. The newspaper publisher in Newsies got better press than the truckers did.
This is as small a conflict as you expect from such a war, but that makes it accessible to readers. But it blows it up to talk about the Pea-Shooter Campaign as importantly as Sherman’s March. It’s different from any other children’s fiction book I’ve read. It’s good for the rare child who doesn’t like reading fiction, adding a little humor into it now and then to keep kids interested (but it’s no Sideways Stories from Wayside School). It gives kids what they don’t usually get in their fiction–politics, war theory, international issues, economics, civil liberties, propaganda, etc.
Problem is, I’m trying to figure out who this book is for, who I’d recommend it to, and I can’t think of anyone. It would be a great book for a social studies teacher to use in a classroom, to teach the issues mentioned above. But I don’t think I can recommend just picking it up and reading it. They love fantasy books like “Wings of Fire” and “Percy Jackson”, which put plot before message. This is a message book. But it’s a book of good taste so you feel smarter after reading it.
jyasskin's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
dude_watchin_with_the_brontes's review against another edition
5.0
If nothing else, you should read this because there's a character named "Wenda Gambling."
cpalisa's review against another edition
5.0
I'm giving this my daughter's rating since I don't think I appreciated it properly. My 17 year old loves this book and wanted me to read it since it's one of her favorites. For me, it was a bit too silly, not my type of book, but then I'm just a middle-aged accountant who reads a lot of non-fiction. My kid thought it was fabulous.
danicamidlil's review against another edition
3.0
It's very clever, but ultimately not for me. We all listened to it together, and while my husband loved it and thought it hilarious, the kids and I were more luke warm. Hammer does a phenomenal job with all the voices and accents, thank goodness! But the subject is so dry, he just couldn't save it completely for me.