《The Young Unicorns》TheYoungUnicorns
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作者：Madeleine 著
出版社：中國科學技術大學出版社出版時間：2008-9-1字數：版次：1頁數：286印刷時間：2008/09/01開本：32開印次：1紙張：膠版紙ISBN：9780312379339包裝：平裝所屬分類：圖書>>進口原版書>>兒童書Children'sbook
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MadeleineL’Engle(1918–2007)wasborninNewYorkCityandattendedSmithCollege.Shewrotemorethan60books,themostfamousofwhichisAWrinkleInTime(1962),winneroftheNewberyAwardin1963.L’EnglecontinuedthestoryoftheMurryfamilyfromAWrinkleInTimewithsevenothernovels(fiveofwhichareavailableasAWrinkleInTimeQuintentfromSquareFish).ShealsowrotethefamousseriesfeaturingtheAustinfamily,beginningwiththenovelMeetTheAustins(1960).L’EnglerevisitedtheAustinsfourmoretimesoverthenextthreedecades,concludingwithTroublingaStarin1994.ThestoryoftheAustinshadsomeautobiographicalelements,mirroringMadeleine’slifeandthelifeofherfamily.MadeleineL’Engle’slastbook,TheJoysofLove,isaromantic,coming-of-agestoryshewrotebackinthe1940s,andisbeingpublishedbyFSG.內容簡介
TheAustinsaretryingtosettleintotheirnewlifeinNewYorkCity,buttheironceclose-knitfamilyispullingawayfromeachother.Theirfatherspendslonghoursaloneinhisstudyworkingontheresearchprojectthatbroughtthefamilytothecity.Johnisawayatcollege.Robismakingfriendswithpeopleintheneighborhood:newspapervendors,dogwalkers,eventhelocalrabbi.Suzyisblossomingintoavivaciousyoungwoman.AndVickyhasbecomeclosertoEmilyGregory,ablindandbrilliantyoungmusician,thantohersisterSuzy.WiththeAustinsgoingindifferentdirections,theydon’tnoticethatsomethingsinisterisgoingonintheirneighborhood—andit’scenteredaroundthem.AmysteriousgenieappearsbeforeRobandEmily.AstrangerapproachesVickyintheparkandcallsherbyname.Membersofalocalgangarefollowingtheirfather.TheentireAustinfamilyisindanger.Iftheydon’tstarttellingeachotherwhat’sgoingon,someonejustmightgetkilled.
