本书以一个更为生动与黑暗的故事重新诠释了格林童话经典篇章《雪白与玫瑰红》(Snow-White andRed-Rose)。 故事围绕着两个世界的边界展开，一个是犯罪频发的村庄，一个是属于女孩林嘉的避风港。林嘉有两个女儿，安静的布伦泽和热情的乌达儿，小小避风港保护着她们免受林嘉曾经遭受的暴力与苦难。但是现实世界是你无法永远躲避的，巫师和野熊先后闯过了边界。林嘉和两个女儿能够守住原有的平静，适应这个美丽与残酷共生的世界么？ "Tender Morsels "is a dark and vivid story, set in two worldsand worrying at the border between them. Liga lives modestly in herown personal heaven, a world given to her in exchange for herearthly life. Her two daughters grow up in this soft place,protected from the violence that once harmed their mother. But thereal world cannot be denied forever--magicked men and wild bearsbreak down the borders of Liga's refuge. Now, having know

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

五毛钱买一张带红点的卡片，就能实现你的一个愿望，你不相信吧，但是波莉、罗威娜和亚当信了。的确，他们三个人的愿望都实现了，只不过实现的方式实在是太出乎意料了……

Mila has an exceptional talent for reading a room—sensing hidden facts and unspoken emotions from clues that others overlook. So when her father’s best friend, Matthew, goes missing from his upstate New York home, Mila and her beloved father travel from London to find him. She collects information about Matthew from his belongings, from his wife and baby, from the dog he left behind and from the ghosts of his past—slowly piecing together the story everyone else has missed. But just when she’s closest to solving the mystery, a shocking betrayal calls into question her trust in the one person she thought she could read best. * “Teeming with complex adult problems—infidelity, marital collapse, the death of a child—this thought-provoking coming-of-age story requires that readers be at least as mature as Mila as she confronts unpleasant truths. … Mila’s sharp observations of the people she meets and the winter landscape add a fresh, poetic aura to her discoveries and the novel as a w

Being seven-and-a-half years old is no picnic! Just askRamona. She can hardly get her mother to herself these days, andyet baby Willa Jean has no trouble getting all the attention shewants. Ramona may not be small anymore, but that doesn’t mean shecan’t still be her mother’s girl, right? Beverly Cleary once againsperfectly captures a piece of growing up that every child (andformer child) can relate

The well-loved tale of the London waif whose cat's prowess as a ratter results in Dick's becoming a successful merchant and Lord Mayor of London. Illustrated.

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.

Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at thecold, bleak shores of Connecticut Colony, that her new home willnever be like the shimmering Caribbean island she left behind. Inher relatives' stern Puritan community, she feels like a tropicalbird that has flown to the wrong part of the world, a bird that isnow caged and lonely. The only place where Kit feels completelyfree is in the meadows, where she enjoys the company of the oldQuaker woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond, and on occasion,her young sailor friend Nat. But when Kit's friendship with theandquot; witchandquot; is discovered, Kit is faced with suspicion,fear, and anger. She herself is accused of witchcraft

“Some pig.” These are the words in Charlotte’s web, high inthe barn. Her spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pignamed Wilbur, as well as the feelings of a little girl namedFern...who loves Wilbur, too. Their love has been shared bymillions of reade

In this fourth title featuring Ramona, Mr. Quimby is out of workand everyone in the house is grumpy. Ramona tries to cheer up thefamily as only Ramona can—by rehearsing for life as a rich andfamous star of television comercials, for instance—but her bestefforts only make things worse. Everything works out in the end,though, when Mr. Quimby tells Ramona that he wouldn’t trade her fora million dollars. Ramona and Her Father explores serious issuesthat real families face, but is levened by Beverly Cleary’strademark humor and warmth. It is a Newbery Honor b

Discover the worlds of Lois Lowry in this beautiful boxed set.This perfect gift collection by New York Times bestsellingauthor Lois Lowry, which includes the award-winning titles TheGiver, Gathering Blue, and Messenger, isavailable to coincide with the publication of Lowry’s newest book, Son . Lowry was twice the recipient of the Newbery Medal, for Number the Stars and for The Giver . Her powerful andprovocative novels are full of suspense, drama, and heart-wrenchingaction. The Giver: When Jonas turns twelve, he is singled out forspecial training from The Giver. Now it’s time for Jonas to learnthe truth. There is no turning back. * Gathering Blue: Kira, an orphan with a twisted leg, lives ina world where the weak are cast aside. When she is given a taskthat no other community member can carry out, Kira realizes thatshe is surrounded by mysteries and secrets—and finds that shepossesses an extraordinary power. * Messenger: Matty has always been proud to be Village’sMessenger. But now