Did Mrs. Olinsky choose the four members of the sixth gradeAcademic Bowl Team, or did they choose her--and one another? Fourstories-within-in-a-story, interspersed with the ongoing narrativeof the team's triumphant march to the state championship, introduceeach member of the team in his own her own voice, and bring thedynamics of the group into focus . 这是一部非常优秀的当代儿童小说。书中讲述的故事非常简单，一位身体残疾的女教师带领她挑选出来的六年级代表队经过一次又一次的努力，后打败了七年级和八年级，一举夺得了竞赛的桂冠，取得该地区、该学校史无前例的胜利。 简单的故事，平常的情节。因为笔底潜藏的激情而变得极富吸引力。书中四位学生轮流讲述发生在竞赛背后的一连串故事与正在进行的比赛穿插进行，现场的热闹、紧张和背后故事的安静、舒缓构成了鲜明的对比，增加了故事的深度和张力，也为智力竞赛的理
Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except he lives in a sprawlinggraveyard and has been raised since infancy by ghosts and aguardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor thedead. There are adventures in a graveyard for a boy—an ancientIndigo Man, a gateway to the abandoned city of ghouls, and thestrange and terrible Sleer. There are dangers though too, and ifBod leaves the graveyard, he may fall prey to the man Jack, who hasalready murdered Bod’s entire family. Effortlessly inventive,chilling, and magical, Neil Gaiman’s Newbery winning andbestselling Graveyard Book is an a classic in the making.Illustrated by frequent Gaiman collaborator and acclaimed artistDave McKean, The Graveyard Book is enriched by beautifulblack-and-white line drawings throughout. The paperback editionfeatures a robust Extras section including the author’s NewberyMedal acceptance speech, additional art by Dave McKean, and NeilGaiman’s answers to readers’ ques
《鬼妈妈》是英国著名作家尼尔-盖曼的畅销小说。 如果有一天，你在家里的某个角落找到一扇紧锁的神秘之门。请千万别打开它，也许这就是一扇通往另一个世界的鬼魅之门。女孩考罗琳和爸妈一起搬进了一间旧屋，在一道门后，她发现了一个与现实完全相同的另一个世界，那里有她的另一个“妈妈”，这个“妈妈”有一双黑色纽扣眼睛，她要考罗琳永远留在这个世界里……
巴德很小就失去了母亲，也从来没有见过父亲。妈妈从来没有告诉过他父亲是谁，但他认为妈妈留下的传单中有线索，一定可以让他找到自己的亲生父亲。什么也阻止不了他，不管是困难、饥饿、恐惧还是“吸血鬼”……小小的巴德历经挫折，后终于找到了关爱他、呵护他的亲人，找到了他一直渴望的幸福生活 It's 1936 Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and 10-year-oldBud may be a motherless boy, but Bud's got a few things going forhim: 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things; 2. He's theauthor of "Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Lifeand Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself"; 3. His momma never toldhim who his father was, but she left a clue: posters of Herman E.Calloway and his band of renown, the Dusky Devastators of theDepression. Bud is sure those posters will lead him to his father.Once he decides to hit the road, nothing can stop him, not hunger,not fear, not would-be v
When an eccentric millionaire dies mysteriously, sixteen veryunlikely people are gathered together for the reading of the will .. . and what a will it is!
Marly's father came back from the war a different man. Somethinginside him seems as cold and dead as the winter world outside. Butwhen the family moves to Grandma's old house on Maple Hill,miracles begin to happen. The sap in the trees begins to rise, theleaves begin to turn, and Marly's father starts to bloom again,like the world around them.This wise and moving story is amust-have for every reader's library.
Doctor Dolittle heads for the high seas in perhaps the mostamazing adventure ever experienced by man or animal. Told bynine-and-a-half-year-old Tommy Stubbins, crewman and futurenaturalist, the voyages of Doctor Dolittle and his company leadthem to Spidermonkey Island. Along with his faithful friends,Polynesia the parrot and Chee-Chee the monkey, Doctor Dolittlesurvives a perilous shipwreck and lands on the mysterious floatingisland. There he meets the wondrous Great Glass See Snail who holdsthe key to the greatest mystery of all.
十二岁的黛西，由于家庭贫困，被爸爸抛弃，妈妈又不幸进了精神病院，不得不独自负担起照顾三个弟妹的重任。四个无家可归的孩子为了寻找到一个新的栖身之所，踏上了漫长的旅程。他们几经波折，终于找到了从未谋面的外婆，从此，他们开始了一段全新的生活。 在成长的过程中，他们领悟了生活中需要的东西—爱、幽默感、信任和勇气。黛西虽然小，却为家庭里的每一个人操心，承担着本该由父母承担的责任。尽管生活艰辛，但她坚强、独立，比周围的孩子都成熟勇敢，终拥有了甜蜜的家。这一切都是以爱和信念为支撑的。 Letting Go The four Tillerman children finally have a home at theirgrandmother's rundown farm on the Maryland shore. It's what Diceyhas dreamed of for her three younger siblings, but after watchingover the others for so long, it's hard to let go. Who is Dicey, ifshe's no longer the caretaker for
对七年级的霍林而言，每个星期三下午都是一场灾难，因为班上的一半同学要去犹太教堂学习希伯来文，另一半则要到天主教堂参加教义问答，作为班里的一名基督徒，霍林不得不与严肃的贝克夫人一起待在教室。不苟言笑的贝克夫人似乎总在刁难霍林，“罚”他清理黑板擦、打扫教室、整理大老鼠笼子……在种种手段都宣告失败后，贝克夫人使出了致命的一招——让霍林阅读“冗长”而“乏味”的莎士比亚作品…… 于是，一场旷日持久的“战争”在两人之间悄然展开。 This Newbery Honortale is now in paperback Holling Hoodhood is really in for it. He'sjust started seventh grade with Mrs. Baker, a teacher he knows isout to get him. Why else would she make him read Shakespeare . . .outside of class? The year is 1967, and everyone has bigger thingsthan homework to worry about. There's Vietnam for one thing, andthen there's the family
