Summer Wheels - Hardcover

Bunting, Eve; Allen, Thomas B.

3.9

31 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152070001 ISBN 13: 9780152070007

Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books, 1992

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The Bicycle Man fixes up old bikes for the kids in the neighborhood to use as long as they return them each day at four o'clock, but when the new kid breaks the rules, everyone finds out that the Man likes one thing more than bikes--kids.

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About the Author:

Eve Bunting has written over two hundred books for children, including the Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz, The Wall, Fly Away Home, and Train to Somewhere. She lives in Southern California.

From Kirkus Reviews:

In a neighborhood where few kids own bikes, the ``Bicycle Man'' (based on a real person) loans out his lovingly renovated collection, with just two rules: the bikes must be returned by four, and if they're damaged, the borrower must help make repairs. One day blond Brady and his friend Lawrence (the African-American narrator) make an early return; Lawrence is dismayed to see a tough-looking boy taking his favorite bike, signing an obviously false name. Sure enough, ``Abrehem Lincoln'' doesn't bring the bike back until the younger boys pursue him next day; and when he's entrusted with a second bike, he misuses it--but then returns to confide his true name and make an earnest effort at repair. Reformation comes almost effortlessly in this easily read chapter book, yet the dynamics of the situation are true to life as well as idealistic, the story crafted with details that give its characters individuality. In illustrations beautifully limned in impressionistic charcoal and pastels, Allen evokes character, mood, and the West Coast setting. An inspiring story with broad appeal and a handsome format. (Fiction/Young reader. 6-11) -- Copyright �1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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