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Billy is very young when his parents begin to plan his future. As he grows older one thing becomes clear. Billy definitely has a mind of his own. When new neighbors move in and tempers flare, Billy's high spirits and independent nature allow him to prove that sometimes parents can learn a thing or two from their child.
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Billy's parents are busy planning his future career--a teacher, a football-player, a doctor. But Billy has a mind of his own--about his future and the new neighbors! Rosa Guy takes a shrewd look at children's friendships and family life.
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A ponderous lesson in overcoming prejudice overwhelms this insubstantial story about friendship and parental short-sightedness. Billy's parents' high hopes for their son ("My Billy is going to be a teacher." "With his strong back and legs? No, Billy's going to be a great soccer player") seem threatened when Rod and his family move in next door. Although Billy's family is black and Rod's is white, the question of race does not enter the conflict; rather, the question of class does in Billy's mother's comment, the meaning of which will be lost on the book's intended audience, that "He's too big for you to play with. Besides, his father has tattoos." The boys' ability to surmount their parents' misguided concerns proves equally puzzling as it comes about somewhat arbitrarily after Rod teaches Billy to perform a cartwheel. Binch's ( Amazing Grace ) vibrant, spirited watercolors enliven Guy's ( Mother Crocodile ) plodding text. The collection of "snapshots" that adorn the beginning and end of the book reinforces the proud parents theme. Unfortunately, however, the sunny images cannot rescue the tale from its unwieldy message. Ages 5-8.
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