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Say, Allen

The Sign Painter

32 pp. | Houghton/Lorraine | October, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-395-97974-9 $$17.00
(3) 4-6 A young artist is hired to cover billboards in the desert with a picture of a blond woman accompanied by the word ArrowStar. Unlike his new boss, the boy ponders the purpose of his task and yearns to do more. Eventually they learn that ArrowStar is an impossibly tall, deserted roller coaster set atop a mesa. The enigmatic imagery overshadows the events, but Say's illustrations are handsome indeed.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2000

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