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Book ID/图书代码： 06540506B06077

English Summary/英文概要： Fifteen-year-old Dusty, a ward of the state, is forced to work in a logging camp during the Depression. Despite the bleakness of her life, spirited Dusty dreams of escape. One day, a mysterious seagull delivers some unusual seeds to Dusty. Her whole life changes when she plants them. Perhaps it is the strength of her wishes, or the magic of the forest, but some unknown power transforms the tiny seeds into an astonishing creature--and a possible means of deliverance. Now Dusty and her friends have a way to navigate the enchanted, though dangerous, forest, and escape the wretched existence they`ve been trapped in all their lives. Richly layered with fairy-tale lore and steeped in both the familiar and the darker elements of the Cinderella story, Patrick Jennings`s inspired novel weaves a compelling tale about finding freedom, and finding oneself.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 十五歲的Dusty，一個國家受監護人的身份，被迫在經濟大蕭條時期在伐木營地工作。儘管她的生活滄桑，鬥志昂揚的Dusty夢想逃離木場。一天，一隻神秘的海鷗給Dusty帶來了一些不同尋常的種子。當她播下種子的時候她的整個生活將發生改變。也許這是她延續夢想的力量，或是奇妙的森林，但是一種未知的力量把這些微小的種子轉變成為一種令人驚奇的生物—— 這可能意味著是上帝的恩賜。現在Dusty和她的朋友們有一個辦法去通過這次魔幻考驗，雖然森林裡危險，但他們一直希望逃脫出原來卑微的現實生活。豐富的內容和層層推進的童話故事，讓您沉浸在既熟悉又具有灰暗元素的灰姑娘故事中，派翠克•詹寧斯的創意小說編織了關於尋找自由，發現自我的一段引人注目的童話。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：From Booklist
Jennings captures the flavor of the Great Depression in this mystical tale about 15-year-old Edith, who, with Mother Smith’s four other foster children, works as a slave in a logging camp, cooking and cleaning for more than 100 loggers. One day a seagull deposits a seedpod in Edith’s hairbrush. She plants the pod, and it grows into five fine horses that she and her foster siblings (Sonny, Jed, Perdie, and Hero, who is pretty and very nice) use to escape into the woods. Venturing through the forest, the children meet Hodag, an old, strangely menacing woman, who teaches them how to survive. But soon they feel the need to escape again, only to find that their steeds have begun to go to seed. It’s Edith’s resourcefulness that sees the children through to places they can call home. The changing relationships between and among the children are particularly well done. Diana Herald

About the Author/作者介绍： 派翠克•詹寧斯備受讚譽的《Faith and the Electric Dogs/忠誠的電子狗》中創造性的童書場景，收到了很多星級評論，現在將發展翻拍成電影。《Guinea Dog/豚鼠》被wired.com評為“一部非常有趣的書……特別適合於五年級的男生。”現在他的孩子處於中班年紀，他把他的寫作精力專注於有趣的，輕鬆易懂的故事，以適合中班年紀的孩子。詹寧斯現居住在華盛頓州。欲瞭解他的更多資訊請點擊www.patrickjennings.com.
Patrick Jennings’s first book,Faith and the Electric Dogs,became a Booklist Editorsâ Choice and Texas Bluebonnet Master List selection. He is the author of several middle grade novels such asPutnam and Pennyroyal, The Beastly Arms,,/i> andThe Wolving Time.He has taught English and preschool in the U.S. and in Mexico and was a librarian in the oldest public library in Arizona. He now writes in a small seaport town on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, where he lives with his family.

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