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| Genre/Form: | Fantasy fiction Fiction Juvenile fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction, Juvenile audience |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Carol Ryrie Brink; W T Mars |
| OCLC Number: | 299686 |
| Description: | 192 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Carol Ryrie Brink ; illustrated by W.T. Mars. |
Abstract:
Andy builds four robots to help him with the farm work and baby-sitting; never dreaming of the heroic services the robots will perform in an emergency.
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Andy Buckram's Tin Men
Carol Ryrie Brink (1895-1981) had a long and distinguished career, writing over thirty books and winning the Newberry Award in 1936 for her very popular Caddie Woodlawn. Andy Buckram’s Tin Men (1966) was her twenty-fourth novel and using a typical writing style for her, based the story off of a true...
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Carol Ryrie Brink (1895-1981) had a long and distinguished career, writing over thirty books and winning the Newberry Award in 1936 for her very popular Caddie Woodlawn. Andy Buckram’s Tin Men (1966) was her twenty-fourth novel and using a typical writing style for her, based the story off of a true incident where a boy in California had built some robots out of tin cans. She set her story in contemporary times and so for modern readers of a certain age, this book would be a bit nostalgic. The novel, intended for children/young adults, follows the adventures of an inventive pre-teen named Andy Buckram who lives on a farm alongside a Midwestern river and had decides to build four robots out of tin cans, wire, and spare junk. Each robot has some particular skill; one could play records and another could row a boat, for example. Andy has two main companions in the story, a young neighbor child named Dot which he baby sits occasionally to earn money for his projects and a neighbor girl, Sparrow, who is slightly smitten with him. The story gets exciting when an electrical storm hits the farm and the robots are struck by lightening. This energizes the robots, and they are able to respond to Andy’s verbal commands. As the farm floods, Andy saves Dot and Sparrow with the help of his robots and a leaky rowboat. The group end up on an island in the middle of the river and through Andy’s knowledge and skill, along with the help of the others, they learn to survive on the island until they can be rescued. Even though this novel has a rather old-fashioned style, it has aged well and would be very suitable, for pre-teen boys with a mechanical and adventuresome bent.
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