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发表于 2013-10-28 20:19:22
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The underneath by Kathi Appelt | 9+ | 830 | There is nothing lonelier than a cat who has been loved, at least for a while, and then abandoned on the side of the road.An abandoned calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the achingly lonely howl of a chained up, abused hound dog deep in the bayou. She dares to find him in the forest and the hound dares to befriend this cat, this feline, this creature he is supposed to hate. They are an unlikely pair, about to become an unlikely family. Ranger urges the cat to hide underneath the porch, to raise Sabine and Puck there because Gar-Face, the man living inside the house, will surely use her or her kittens as alligator bait should he find them. But, they are safe in the underneath...as long as they stay in the underneath.Kittens, however, are notoriously curious creatures. And one kitten's one moment of curiosity sets off a chain of events that is astonishing, remarkable, and enormous in its meaning. In the tradition of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Flannery O'Connor, and Carson McCullers, Kathi Appelt spins a harrowing yet keenly sweet tale about the power of love (and its opposite, hate), the fragility of happiness -- and the importance of making good on your promises. | Because of Winn-Dixie | 3+ | 610 | 在图书馆等候朋友的时候,在外文书架边徘徊,无意间抽出一本书《Because of Winn-dixie》。封面是一只扯着所有的牙齿微笑的狗的肖像,一下就把我吸引住了。好像是只吉娃娃,不过从脸的块头看,显然不像诶。
翻了翻,跳过引言,直接开始阅读第一页正文。发现,都是很常见的单词,很适合我这种英文白痴阅读。这也让我有了读完这本外文原版的信心呵呵。
更重要的是,看完第一页就想看第二页……,因为那里面的文字生动活泼,讲述一个小女孩在商场捡到一条狗狗的故事。以小姑娘的视角与心灵看待世界,文字充满着爱与纯真,让我在不知不觉间像那只狗狗一样咧开嘴微笑with all of the teeth.
这本书充满人性之美,让我懂得,每个人都有痛苦寂寞的一面,而让我们找到快乐的方式就是宽容和敞开心扉。如果你爱你身边的人,就推荐给他们吧!我认为,这会是一份绝佳的礼物! | Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine | 11+ | 630 | In Caitlin’s world, everything is black or white. Things are good or bad. Anything in between is confusing. That’s the stuff Caitlin’s older brother, Devon, has always explained. But now Devon’s dead and Dad is no help at all. Caitlin wants to get over it, but as an eleven-year-old girl with Asperger’s, she doesn’t know how. When she reads the definition of closure, she realizes that is what she needs. In her search for it, Caitlin discovers that not everything is black and white—the world is full of colors—messy and beautiful. Kathryn Erskine has written a must-read gem, one of the most moving novels of the year. | Savvy by Ingrid Law | 3+ | 1070 | 十三歲的生日,對白密席家族的人來說,是很特別的一天。大哥在這天發現自己會放電,二哥則是能招來暴風雨。過兩天就是白密席的十三歲生日,她不禁好奇,自己的超能力是什麼?
可惜的是,在她生日的前兩天,爸爸出了車禍,媽媽和大哥趕去醫院。在家的白密席以為自己已經有了超能力,很想利用它來幫助爸爸。於是,她和二哥、弟弟、教會牧師的兩個孩子,偷渡上了一部送聖經的粉紅色校車。
沒想到這部車卻開上了相反方向,這五個個性迥異的孩子,加上懦弱的司機,以及一個在路上因車子故障被司機撿起來的女士,一起踏上了奇異的旅程。一整天處在同一個空間裡,打架、叫罵、互相看不順眼,同時也慢慢認識對方、甚至發現對方的祕密。究竟,白密席的超能力是什麼?爸爸是否安然無恙?這趟旅程又將如何結束? | Where the mountain meets the moon | 8+ | 810 | In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. While her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man in the Moon, Minli's mother chides him for filling her head with stories. But inspired by these stories, Minli spends one of her precious copper pennies on a beautiful goldfish, which is said to be able to change the fortune of the owner. Her mother reprimands her for the silly purchase, but, it pays off when the goldfish talks and offers to show her the path to fortune and wealth! Minli is eventually joined by a dragon who can't fly, and together they set out to find the Old Man of the Moon to ask him to fulfill their dreams. Fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, with timeless elements of the classic The Wizard of Oz mixed in, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a wonderous story of adventure, devotion, and friendship. Grace Lin has once again written a charming, engaging book for young readers. | turtle in the paradise | 8+ | 670 | Life isn't like the movies, and eleven-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. After all, it's 1935, and jobs and money and sometimes even dreams are scarce. So when Turtle's mama gets a job housekeeping for a lady who doesn't like kids, Turtle says goodbye without a tear and heads off to Key West, Florida, to stay with relatives she's never met.
Florida's like nothing Turtle has ever seen. It's hot and strange, full of wild green peeping out between houses, ragtag boy cousins, and secret treasure. Before she knows what's happened, Turtle finds herself coming out of the shell she has spent her life building, and as she does, her world opens up in the most unexpected ways. | Elijah of buxton | 3+ | 1070 | Eleven-year-old Elijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. He’s best known in his hometown as the boy who made a memorable impression on Frederick Douglass. But things change when a former slave steals money from Elijah’s friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Elijah embarks on a dangerous journey to America in pursuit of the thief, and he discovers firsthand the unimaginable horrors of the life his parents fled—a life from which he’ll always be free, if he can find the courage to get back home. | Moon over manifest | 11+ | 800 | The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I’d seen only in Gideon’s stories: Manifest—A Town with a rich past and a bright future.
Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with a few possessions and her list of universals, Abilene jumps off the train in Manifest, Kansas, aiming to learn about the boy her father once was.
Having heard stories about Manifest, Abilene is disappointed to find that it’s just a dried-up, worn-out old town. But her disappointment quickly turns to excitement when she discovers a hidden cigar box full of mementos, including some old letters that mention a spy known as the Rattler. These mysterious letters send Abilene and her new friends, Lettie and Ruthanne, on an honest-to-goodness spy hunt, even though they are warned to “Leave Well Enough Alone.”
Abilene throws all caution aside when she heads down the mysterious Path to Perdition to pay a debt to the reclusive Miss Sadie, a diviner who only tells stories from the past. It seems that Manifest’s history is full of colorful and shadowy characters—and long-held secrets. The more Abilene hears, the more determined she is to learn just what role her father played in that history. And as Manifest’s secrets are laid bare one by one, Abilene begins to weave her own story into the fabric of the town.
Powerful in its simplicity and rich in historical detail, Clare Vanderpool’s debut is a gripping story of loss and redemption. |
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