Gr. 1-4. Arrowville is a disputatious metropolis where \"every pointed person had a pointed point of view,\" and Barb is a misfit who hates the constant conflict and runs away. While in hiding she meets the Targets, red-and-white tourists whose natures are as sweet as the peppermint lollipops they share with the miserable Barb. Meanwhile a \"frenzied Arrow mob\" takes to the streets, assuming that the intruders are responsible for Barb"s disappearance. Professional animator Boedoe"s bleak, teetering Arrowville is replete with slyly comic details, from a billboard that touts a spray product called Snide to the arrows bristling from every feature of the landscape. Unfortunately the faltering, singsong verse fails to hit the bull"s-eye, the rich possibilities of the arrow-target metaphor are never fully realized, and Arrowville"s concluding offer to build \"a place just for the Targets. / A place that"s fine and sweet\" seems a rather regressive gesture of tolerance. But Boedoe"s striking representation of simmering paranoia will earn admirers across all age groups, and the accessible format should prove useful for sparking discussion in character education programs. Jennifer Mattson