Rock Art Rebel

by M.J. Cosson, Brann Garvey (Illustrator), Mark DeYoung

Beto's urban art is labeled graffiti by the police, so the boy is sent to spend the summer with faraway relatives. Then Beto discovers art in an unexpected place, and he's the only one that can keep it from being stolen!

Genres: Realistic Fiction

103 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2006

Reviews

[Yomna Suwaydan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Returning back to Murakami's ' Kafka on the shore ', I thought, at first, that Beto was to have a similar journey being an art rebel,but that was not right.
In fact, it's a boring book that may suit children more than adults. However, it's the first time I know about Utah and the Fremont people, and that seemed useful by the way.
All about the other things that can be said : M. J. Cosson's style and idea are very traditional though.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is another of the books that we got in for our low level readers. i enjoyed the story about a boy who got in trouble because of his "art" and then was able to turn it around and use his interest in the ancient artifacts to stop a crime.

[Alexia · Rating 4 out of 5]

In my opinion, this book was interesting and had a good storyline.

[chikitoo_gabriel · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a good book i like it so much because there is his kid that likes to draw art but what he thinks it is art police think it is against the law because he does graffiti so his family send him to another country that you could do that.....now he is very happy :-)

[Famouskid_ty]

it was ok. i liked it