Jill and Eustace must rescue the Prince from the evilWitch. 尤斯塔斯和女生吉尔被一群坏学生所追赶,逃进了一扇通往荒野的小门,意外地发现自己来到了阿斯兰的国土上。他俩接受阿斯兰交付的任务,寻找凯斯宾国王失踪的独子--瑞廉王子。十年前,王后被一条青绿色的毒蛇咬死,不久,王子也被一个绿衣美女诱走。其实,这绿衣美女是蛇精,它用魔法控制了瑞廉王子。瑞廉王子每天只有夜间一个小时是清醒的。但这时蛇精把他捆在银椅中,用魔法控制他。尤斯塔斯和吉尔和帮助他俩的沼泽怪一起踏上了艰险的寻找之路,但由于吉尔忘了阿斯兰的指示,所以增加了很多危险。他们通过巨人盘踞的北方荒原,误入吃人的哈方宫,来到地下的幽深王国……后在黑暗城堡中解救了瑞廉王子,劈毁银椅并抵御住蛇精的魔法,后杀死蛇精,解放了众多的蛇精奴隶--地精,回到纳
Jin Wang starts at a new school where he’s the onlyChinese-American student. When a boy from Taiwan joins his class,Jin doesn’t want to be associated with an FOB like him. Jin justwants to be an all-American boy, because he’s in love with anall-American girl. Danny is an all-American boy: great atbasketball, popular with the girls. But his obnoxious Chinesecousin Chin-Kee’s annual visit is such a disaster that it ruinsDanny’s reputation at school, leaving him with no choice but totransfer somewhere he can start all over again. The Monkey King haslived for thousands of years and mastered the arts of kung fu andthe heavenly disciplines. He’s ready to join the ranks of theimmortal gods in heaven. But there’s no place in heaven for amonkey. Each of these characters cannot help himself alone, but howcan they possibly help each other? They’re going to have to find away—if they want fix the disasters their lives have become.
1955年3月2日,阿拉巴马州一个热情洋溢的黑人女孩,因为受够了种族隔离制度的种种不公,拒绝在巴士上给一个白人妇女让座。仅仅九个月后,著名的罗莎·帕克斯因同样的行为,引发了蒙哥马利市长达381天的黑人抵制公交车运动。然而九个月前刚满15岁的克劳戴特·科尔文,并没有得到任何支持,反而在学校和社区遭到了孤立与指责。科尔文并没有因此而退缩,一年后,民权律师弗雷德·葛雷将蒙哥马利市的威廉·盖尔勒市长(Mayor William A.Gayle),告到美国联邦地区法院:他和蒙哥马利市的巴士公司,侵犯和剥夺了他的客户美国联邦宪法赋与的不可让渡的权利。这就是美国近代民权运动史上著名的艾瑞丽亚·包尔德对威廉·盖尔勒案(AureliaBrowder V. William A. Gayle),科尔文作为一名关键的原告出席了此案,并终赢得了“种族隔离”的废止。 本书以对科尔文的深入采