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Freewater (Newbery & Coretta Scott King Award Winner) (Paperback) - 2023 뉴베리 수상작,『프리워터』원서
Amina Luqman-Dawson / Jimmy Patterson / 2023년 8월
평점 :
여섯 명 아이들의 모험은 이렇게 다시 Freewater sanctuary로 돌아 오며 대단원의 막을 내리게 됩니다. 마지막 부분에서 우리의 주요 등장인물들 - 여긴 백인 농장주의 딸 Nora 도 포함되죠. - 은 각자의 존재감을 유감없이 드러내며 ‘협동’의 중요성을 다시 한 번 일깨웁니다.
Shocked by their effectiveness, they looked at each other, for a moment sharing something in common—a sense of relief. (386p. ch.85 Anna & Nora)
As if it were natural and meant to be, Homer, Billy, Juna, Ferdinand, Sanzi, and Ada all helped the ten new souls run for freedom.(393p. ch.88)
Ferdinand cut walking sticks for each traveler to use as they made their way through mud. For the first time Billy stopped imagining his hunter and led the way to opening the hidden door on the water. Juna and Sanzi swung their slings to hunt food for everyone when they sought refuge in Suleman’s tree den. Homer didn’t hesitate when he led them zigzagging through the field of wooden stakes, and all the while Ada told them about how to fly on the sky bridges. Suleman watched it all.(393p. ch.88)
He knew it was not a sign of his own bravery. When Juna saw the bracelet, she smiled. The morning sun cast its warm, pinkish-yellow light on them as they stood in the sky. For Billy, it was the perfect moment. (395p. ch.89 Billy & Juna)
She had envisioned this moment a million times, but now dreams of her heroic speech and recounting tales and adventure faded from her memory. She was proud, but not in the way she’d always imagined.(397p. ch.90 Sanzi)
I’VE NEVER FELT FREER THAN I DID CROSSING that sky bridge in the pink sunrise. Ada was flapping her arms in front of us as she made her way to Big Tree. Mama was wide-eyed.(398p. ch.91 Homer)
뉴베리상 수상작으로 추천 받아 처음엔 부담 없이 읽었습니다. 그러나 읽다 보니 다양한 등장인물 - 주로 어린이 청소년 - 화자가 교차로 이야기를 전개해 가는, 요즘 심심치 않게 보는 구성 방식에다 생각보다 내용도 흥미로웠네요. 묘사 부분도 간결하되 재미있게 표현된 문장도 좋았어요. 다만 예상된 해피엔딩 결말에다 빌런(Villain;악당)의 존재가 다소 약한 게 살짝 아쉬웠습니다. 재미있게 읽었습니다.