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The No. 1 Car Spotter (2011)

by Atinuke(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1610670515 (ISBN13: 9781610670517)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Kane/Miller Book Publishers

series

No.1 Car Spotter

review 1: This book is about a boy who lives in a small village in Africa with his family. His name is No.1 because he always spots cars traveling on the main No. 1 road through his village heading towards other villages and eventually to the big cities with tall buildings. His village is described as small, people living there only dream of electricity, and they do a lot of manual labor to make money. You can tell that he and his family are in a lower social and economic status because they aren’t making their money in jobs in the city. They make their money by selling fruits, palm oil, and other goods at a market. While it doesn’t come across as they are unhappily poor and in poverty, you can see the issue that arises when their cart had broken. Because their cart broke, they ... morehad no way of transporting their goods to sell at the market and that meant no pencils for the children or sandals for their feet. This story also has very unique language because it is written with words that are native to that African culture. You can read the dialogue between him and his family members and infer that words such as “na-wa-oh!” are from that African culture. The names of characters are also native to that cultural group, with names like Coca-Cola, Auntie Fine-Fine and more.
review 2: As much as I enjoy Atinuke's Anna Hibiscus books, this one is even better! Well, it's a better start to a new series (hint, hint!! Hope so!!) than the first Anna book was. It's got great cultural details, good characterization, terrific insight into family relations--and all in an easy, early-chapter-book format. Atinuke's storytelling skills come through clearly; this book will make a great read aloud as well as an independent read for early elementary students. less

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