Newbery Medal (John Newbery Medal)
Roller Skates
Set in 1890s New York, the novel follows ten-year-old Lucinda as she uses roller skates to move freely through the city, meeting people and expanding her world. It presents childhood not as shelter but as a space for lightness, independence, and discovery.
Work Information
A pair of skates carries a girl’s world into every corner of the city.
Best known as Ruth Sawyer’s signature children’s novel, it gains much of its charm from a child’s unguarded view of the city. The atmosphere of old New York fits naturally with Lucinda’s free and spirited sensibility.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Viking Juvenile
- Published
- 1936-01-01
- Pages
- 184 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 16.1 x 2.13 x 23.88 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780670603107
- ISBN-10
- 0670603104
- Price
- 6628 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Children's Books/Literature & Fiction/Historical Fiction/United States
A republication of the original 1937 Newbery Medal-winning classic follows the adventures of a free-spirited tomboy in 1890s New York as she traverses the city on a pair of roller skates.
Reviews
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1890年代のNYの子供はこんなだった！
家族がイタリアで１年間療養する間、１０歳の女の子ルシンダは１人で学校の先生の家に寄宿することに。「女の子らしくふるまいなさい」という厳しいエミリーおばさんと従姉妹の手元をすりぬけ、ローラースケートを片手にＮＹの町を自分らしく闊歩します。まだ貧富の差が激しく、差別もあった時代に、公平に友だちを選び、困った人には心から手を差し出す明るいルシンダにきっと心を奪われることでしょう。１年間の間に両親のもとでは経験しえなかった愛、友情や夢を意識し、そしてひとりの友人の死からも学び成長していきます。1937年ニューベリー賞受賞作品。
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Three Stars
Bit old fashioned.
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Gentle story
A lovely story about a little girl growing up in a very new New York City. I am a fan of children's lit and this is a wonderful, wholesome story of a little girl whose parents have to leave for a year for her mother's health and she lives with two spinsters who give her more freedom than she has ever had before. It is a story that any child can read - think Anne of Green Gables sort of story. A wonderful addition to any young reader's library!
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Reminded me of Anne of Green Gables
The main character in this book is so spunky and fun. It takes place in New York City during the 1890s. She has a very Anne of Green Gables nature. She loves to make friends with everyone she encounters around New York - police officers, carriage drivers, the boy selling produce on the corner. It does have some sad moments and a little bit of racist terms since it was written in the 1930s. Great book overall! Would recommend to 4th grade and up.
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An old friend ...
I was thinking about this book for months before I decided to find it again. I read and re-read this when I was growing up. I loved it then and I love it now. Lucinda Wyman is a tomboy who doesn't fit into the box that her time and place would like to put her in. Her parents' trip to Italy buys her a year of freedom in which to explore 1890's New York on roller skates. The story of Lucinda, the wonderful people she befriends in the amazing city she loves was mesmerizing to me as a kid. I loved Lucinda and could relate to her because I didn't quite fit in, either, and I loved to read and talk to all kinds of people, and I made puppets and put on plays with them and adored The Tempest. I still love just about all of those things (although I don't do puppet shows anymore) and I still love this book with its simple pleasures and enduring tragedies and joy of being alive and free out in the great big wonderful world.
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It's just my opinion.
Reviewing a book is such a personal thing, but I love rollerskating so I thought I would give it a read!