THE LINE TENDER
Book ID/图书代码： 06814018C00028
English Summary/英文概要： Heartbreaking but also filled with wit and hope, The Line Tender is the story of Lucy, the daughter of a marine biologist and a rescue diver, and the summer that changes her life. If she ever wants to lift the cloud of grief over her family and community, she must complete the research her late mother began. She must follow the sharks. Wherever the sharks led, Lucy Everhart’s marine-biologist mother was sure to follow. In fact, she was on a boat far off the coast of Massachusetts, collecting shark data when she died suddenly. Lucy was seven. Since then Lucy and her father have kept their heads above water--thanks in large part to a few close friends and neighbors. But June of her twelfth summer brings more than the end of school and a heat wave to sleepy Rockport. On one steamy day, the tide brings a great white--and then another tragedy, cutting short a friendship everyone insists was "meaningful" but no one can tell Lucy what it all meant. To survive the fresh wave of grief, Lucy must grab the line that connects her depressed father, a stubborn fisherman, and a curious old widower to her mother’s unfinished research on the Great White’s return to Cape Cod. If Lucy can find a way to help this unlikely quartet follow the sharks her mother loved, she’ll finally be able to look beyond what she’s lost and toward what’s left to be discovered. Funny, poignant, and deeply moving, The Line Tender is a story of nature’s enduring mystery and the people willing to seek meaning and connection within it.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《一丝温柔》让人心碎，但也充满了智慧和希望。它讲述的是露西的故事，她是一位海洋生物学家和一名救援潜水员的女儿，这个夏天改变了她的生活。如果她想消除家庭和社区的悲伤，她必须完成已故母亲曾经开始的研究。她必须跟在鲨鱼后面，因为无论鲨鱼走到哪里，露西•埃弗哈特的海洋生物学家母亲肯定会跟着它们。事实上，她是在离马萨诸塞州海岸很远的船上收集鲨鱼数据时突然死亡的。当时露西才七岁。从那以后，露西和她的父亲一直过着勉强糊口的生活，这在很大程度上要感谢几个亲密的朋友和邻居。但她的第十二个夏天的六月带来的不仅仅是学校的结束和一股热浪。在一个潮湿的日子里，潮水带来了巨大的白色——然后是另一场悲剧，结束了一段人人都坚持认为“有意义”的友谊，但没人能告诉露西这一切意味着什么。为了在悲伤的新浪潮中生存下来，露西必须抓住那条线，把她抑郁的父亲，一个固执的渔夫，一个好奇的老鳏夫，和她母亲未完成的关于大白鲨返回科德角的研究联系起来。如果露西能找到一种方法来帮助这四人组追踪她母亲喜爱的鲨鱼，那么她最终将能够超越她失去的东西，看到有待发现的东西。《一丝温柔》有趣、辛酸、感人，它讲述了大自然永恒的神秘，以及人们愿意在其中寻找意义和联系的故事。（WYL）
Awards/获奖情况：“在跟踪鲨鱼对不断变化的生态环境的适应过程中，《一丝温柔》展现了我们人类对损失的适应能力——露西的损失意义深远。这本小说激发了我们最深切的希望：我们能够在深刻的变革中生存下来，我们甚至能够开辟新的渠道，支持我们、滋养我们、指引我们走向我们从未预料到的未来。这是对我们生存能力的庆祝。”——加里•施密特、纽伯里和打印出版社(纽贝里和打印)的获奖者、美国国家图书奖入围决赛
“露西的妈妈曾经和鲨鱼一起游泳。现在露西自己的康复与这些最可怕的深海生物有着深刻的联系。在这本可爱的处女作中，凯特•艾伦讲述了露西的康复之旅。露西在一个多事的夏天发现了自然界的美丽与神奇，她的康复之旅也同样迷人。这个结构丰富的故事呼吁我们去做地球上最紧迫的事情:在我们身边这些极其复杂的生物永远消失之前，去理解和尊重它们。”——马吉•普瑞斯，《武士之心》的作者，这是纽贝里的一本荣誉著作
“神圣的鱼，这是一本优雅、诚实、特别的书。《一丝温柔》讲述的是一个坚韧的故事。它是关于孩子们是多么的强大和足智多谋。关于世界上真正的魔法——科学的魔法，生存的魔法，爱情的魔法。”——《孤岛》的作者劳雷尔•斯奈德
The book has sold more than 20,000 copies in hardcover!
"In following the adaptation of sharks to a shifting ecology, The Line Tender speaks to our own human capacity to adapt to loss--and Lucy’s losses are profound. This is a novel that stirs our deepest hope that we can survive profound change, that we can even move into new channels that will support us and nourish us and point us toward what we had never anticipated. This is a celebration of our ability to survive."--Gary Schmidt, Newbery and Printz Honoree and National Book Award Finalist
"Lucy’s mother once swam with sharks. Now Lucy’s own healing is profoundly tied to these most feared creatures of the deep. Her journey of recovery, conveyed by Kate Allen in this lovely debut novel, is as captivating as the beauty and wonder of the natural world Lucy discovers over one eventful summer. This richly textured story calls us to our most pressing business on earth: to understand and respect the stunningly complex creatures around us before they disappear forever." --Margi Preus, author of Heart of a Samurai, a Newbery Honor book
"Holy fish, this is a graceful, honest, special book. The Line Tender is a story of resilience. It’s about how unbelievably strong and resourceful kids can be. About the real magic in the world--the magic of science, the magic of survival, and the magic of love." --Laurel Snyder, author of Orphan Island
THE LINE TENDER is a Junior Library Guild Selection, a Midwest Connections Pick, an Indie Bestseller, and a New England Book Awards finalist. THE LINE TENDER made the 2019 Best of lists of Shelf Awareness, Kirkus, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Book Page, BCCB, and Nerdy Book Club.
About the Author/作者介绍： 凯特•艾伦在马萨诸塞州长大，现在和家人住在明尼苏达州的明尼阿波利斯市。《一丝温柔》是她的第一部小说。
Kate Allen grew up in Massachusetts and lives in Minneapolis, MN, with her family. The Line Tender is her first novel.
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