Eye of the Beholder

Tyler and Lymie

by Daniel Hayes

Tyler and Lymie are sick in bed and bored out of their minds. But while their hometown plans a festival for a famous local artist, and folks scramble to find his last known works of art, the boys hatch a clever plot.

Tyler and Limy create their own sculptures as a joke and discard them near the artist's studio. But when the sculptures are found and determined to be authentic, the art world is suddenly abuzz with news of the amazing discovery--and two boys with great imaginations are in a hilarious heap of trouble. . . .

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 1992

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

LFL find. Terrible covers.

This is not about a young punk, but about a kid who might ought to be on Ritalin or something. It's *funny* and exciting and has the kind of social satire that is some of the wonderful books by Andrew Clements (for example Frindle). More than anything it reminds me of the Soup series by Robert Newton Peck, tbh.

And since I'm a mom, not a young teen boy, I'm not so much into these kinds of stories. Others of you might want to give this four stars, and more power to you.

(By the way, I did not realize it was a sequel. No need to read the first book first.)

[The Kawaii Slartibartfast · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eye of the Beholder

A very funny story about judgment and what exactly is meant by art. A town celebration of a beloved artist is on the horizon and buddies Tyler and Lymie decide to make some sculptures just like Badoglio. They end up tossing the heads so they'll be found and assume everybody will know they're frauds and gave a good laugh.
It doesn't work out that way..
There's also the B plots of a neglected kid and some violently paranoid neighbors

[Kip · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this book 20+ years ago and the story has stayed with me since. I no longer connect with the writing the way I once did, but the chicken pox + art forgery plot remains a very well turned and ambitious vehicle for a small YA paperback.

[8 Johnson H. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eye of the Beholder written by, Daniel Hayes. This book is about these two mischievous kids that want to get revenge on their town. By doing that they sculpted forgeries and claiming them to belong to the local legendary artist Benito Badoglio. Then chaos happens and town thinks its from some one genuine.

The cause and effect is that they goofed around with art and become abuzz with the world of art. When they wanted to get revenge the town just thought it was gift from the famous artist. They get sick and bored so they want to pull some type of prank.

I like this book about how they thought it would be a great prank and revenge on the town. But it turns out to be nothing to a prank. I also like how big of a imagination they have to take on this world. It seems like it would be fun to hang out with Tyler and Lymie.

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Age:9-12

Good follow up book to Trouble with Lemons. Great to use for cause and effect. Also,all of the art references lend to opportunities for research projects.

Instructional ideas: Literature circles, journal response, character development, discuss the art presented in the book, research well-known artist in the region, friendship, family relations, decision making, prediction, truthfulness, actions and consequences.

[Gayle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a book I read in a college children's literature class. I re-read it with Matthew a couple of months ago. It is the best of Daniel Haye's books (we think). Timewise it probably comes after Trouble with Lemons. This book is far more humorous and somewhat slapstick, but has a good message also. Especially for teens (in all of us)

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

A worthwhile read.