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* ALA Notable Children's Books
* National Book Award Finalist
* NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
* Booklist Editors' Choice
* NCTE Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts
* Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Selection
* Kentucky Bluegrass Award Master List
* South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominee
* Keystone to Reading Book Award Reading List (PA)
* Green Earth Book Award
* Indian Paintbrush Book Award Nominee (WY)
* Maine Student Book Award Reading List
* Capital Choices Noteworthy Books for Children's and Teens (DC)
* Judy Lopez Memorial Award Winner
* Volunteer State Book Award Nominee (TN)
* Nene Award Nominee (HI)
* Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award Nominee (AR)
* Georgia Children's Book Award Finalist
* Gate City Book Award Nominee (NH)
* Magnolia Book Award Nominee (MS)
* NY Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle Young Readers Selection
Underneath로 뉴베리상을 수상한 Kathi Appelt의 또 하나의 대표작입니다. 국내에서는 "슈거맨 늪지를 지키는 비밀 수비대"라는 제목으로 번역서가 출간된 명작소설입니다.
택사스의 늪지에 사는 너구리 형제인 빙고와 지미아가 12세 소년 챕 브레이번과 함께 습지에 악어 테마파크를 만들려는 제거의 음모를 분쇄하고 아울러 습지를 침범하는 야생 멧돼지떼들을 막으면서 자연을 지키고 습지에 사는 다양한 동물들의 터전을 보전하려는 노력이 흥미진진하게 펼쳐집니다.
이 책은 의인화한 동물과 공상의 세계에서나 볼 법한 신비한 생명체 슈거맨이 등장하는 판타지 동화입니다.
늪지에 사는 생물들을 조금씩 합쳐 놓은 듯한 무시무시한 겉모습과 달리, 의리 있고 마음 따뜻한 슈거맨,
방울뱀이라는 선입견을 깨고 귀여운 매력이 넘치는 슈거맨의 보좌관 거트루드,
슈거맨 늪지의 최정예 정찰병 라쿤 형제 등 작가의 뛰어난 상상력에서 탄생한 캐릭터들은 웃음을 자아낼 만큼 사랑스럽습니다. 특히 예기치 못한 상황이 발생할 때마다 라쿤 형제가 당황하며 좌충우돌하는 모습이 무척 귀엽고 재미있습니다.
이들의 이야기는 판타지적 성격이 다분하지만 매우 현실적인 인간 사회와 절묘하게 어우러져 있어 결코 허무맹랑하지 않습니다. 각각의 캐릭터들이 어떻게 탄생되었는지 뒷받침하는 서사가 매우 탄탄한 데다 늪지에서 긴박하게 벌어지는 사건의 개연성이 촘촘히 맞물려 있어서, 실제로 멕시코만 어딘가에 슈거맨 늪지가 존재하는 것처럼 이야기에 생동감이 넘칩니다. 또한 데소토 자동차에 얽힌 역사적인 사실과 이를 바탕으로 풀어낸 믿거나 말거나 식의 뒷이야기도 흥미롭습니다.
이렇게 뛰어난 상상력으로 빚어낸 기발한 설정, 지루할 틈 없이 꼬리에 꼬리를 물고 이어지는 풍성한 이야기, 유머를 잃지 않는 흥미로운 에피소드 들 덕분에 읽는 내내 기분 좋은 웃음이 끊이지 않습니다. 또한 긴장감이 넘치면서도 마치 시를 읽는 듯 아름답고 서정적인 운율의 담백한 문체가 이 책의 재미를 더욱 높여 줍니다.
[ 서지 정보 ]
Paperback: 352 pages
ISBN-10: 1442421088
ISBN-13: 978-1442421080
책 크기: 19.3 cm x 12.9 cm
[ 영문 서평 ]
Book Description
Raccoon brothers Bingo and J’miah are the newest recruits of the Official Sugar Man Swamp Scouts. The opportunity to serve the Sugar Man--the massive creature who delights in delicious sugar cane and magnanimously rules over the swamp--is an honor, and also a big responsibility, since the rest of the swamp critters rely heavily on the intel of these hardworking Scouts.
Twelve-year-old Chap Brayburn is not a member of any such organization. But he loves the swamp something fierce, and he’ll do anything to help protect it.
And help is surely needed, because world-class alligator wrestler Jaeger Stitch wants to turn Sugar Man swamp into an Alligator World Wrestling Arena and Theme Park, and the troubles don’t end there. There is also a gang of wild feral hogs on the march, headed straight toward them all.
The Scouts are ready. All they have to do is wake up the Sugar Man. Problem is, no one’s been able to wake that fellow up in a decade or four…
Newbery Honoree and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt’s story of care and conservation has received five starred reviews, was selected as a National Book Award finalist, and is funny as all get out and ripe for reading aloud.
Booklist *Starred Review*
Swamps provide great fodder for stories, and Newbery Honor Award--winning Appelt uses every inch of the Sugar Man Swamp - and its inhabitants - to tell her engaging tale. At the helm of the complex ecosystem is the Sugar Man, a gigantic, fur-covered cousin to the yeti and bigfoot, who rules benevolently but has been asleep for the past 60 years. He is to be woken, preferably with an offering of sugarcane, only in the case of an emergency. Bingo and J’Miah, two raccoons who live in an abandoned DeSoto car, are the official Sugar Man Swamp scouts, and it’s their job to alert him to impending danger. Meanwhile, on the edge of the Bayou Tourterelle, a 12-year-old boy named Chap has just lost his beloved grandfather, and he and his mother must raise a “whole boatload of cash” making sugar pies to prevent Sonny Boy Beaucoup and an alligator wrestler from developing a theme park on their home turf. On top of all that, there are wild hogs headed straight for the swamp - “rumble, rumble, rumble!” This delicious, richly detailed story is told in 104 short chapters, which swing the plot beautifully from one thread to the next and keep the action moving. Appelt’s omniscient third-person narration exudes folksy, homespun warmth while also feeling fresh and funny. A satisfying romp with plenty of memorable characters to root for - and some to boo. Illustrations to come.
Kirkus Reviews *Starred Review*
"In a honeyed dialect, the omnipresent narrator directly engages readers, ricocheting between the hilarious human and critter dramas to a riotous finale. A rollicking, ripping tall tale with ecological subtext."
School Library Journal *Starred Review*
Appelt returns with a rich tale set deep in a Texas swamp, full of critters including gators, rattlesnakes, and feral hogs. Brothers Bingo and J’miah are true-blue scouts (raccoons) who have set up house in an abandoned old DeSoto, adorning it with their artwork and following orders from the Voice of Intelligence (actually the lightning-enabled car radio). The young raccoons are affable and easy to root for as they attempt to stop the gang of wild hogs intent on destroying their beloved Muscovado sugar cane…. Appelt has adeptly intertwined the folksy narrative of a tall tale with a perfect blend of adventure and mystery, all the while subtly bringing an ecological message to the surface.
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