《Troubling A Star》基本信息
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：324印刷時間：2008/09/01開本：32開印次：1紙張：膠版紙ISBN：9780312379346包裝：平裝所屬分類：圖書>>進口原版書>>兒童書Children'sbook
內容簡介
TheAustinshavesettledbackintotheirbelovedhomeinthecountryaftermorethanayearaway.ThoughtheyhadallmissedthepredictabilityandsecurityoflifeinThornhill,VickyAustinisdiscoveringthatslippingbackintoheroldlifeisn’teasy.She’sbeenchangedbylifeinNewYorkCityandhertravelsaroundthecountrywhileheroldfriendsseemtohavestayedthesame.SoVickyfindsherselfspendingtimewithanewfriend,SerenaEddington—thegreat-auntofaboyVickymetoverthesummer.
AuntSerenagivesVickyanincrediblebirthdaygift—amonth-longtriptoAntarctica.It’stheopportunityofalifetime.ButVickyisnervous.She’sneverbeenawayfromherfamilybefore.Onceshesetsoffthough,shefindsthat’stheleastofherworries.Shereceivesthreateningletters.She’ssurroundedbysuspiciouscharacters.Vickynolongerknowswhototrust.Andshemaynotmakeithomealive
作者簡介
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
