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Getting out from under the intense weight on my chest after reading Matthew Quick‘s Forgive Me, 伦纳德·皮科克花了些时间.  我觉得自己被拉进了深渊, 黑洞, all alone with only my thoughts about the futility of life, the lack of care or concern for myself or others, and a resigned sense of defeat in the face of an untenable future.  The slope down into Leonard’s depression is slippery and quick and getting back out isn’t easy work.  Which is the long way of saying that in Leonard Peacock Quick has expertly captured and painfully portrayed depression, 愤怒, 和隔离阅读更多→

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Early on in James Dashner‘s newest 心灵之眼, I jotted down: “Matrix“;  then a little later, 《皇冠登录welcome》,最后是《welcome皇冠地址》.”  Dashner combines these and more pop culture influences in an imaginative, 如果不是完全原创的话, way to create a world within a world full of shadows, 幻想, 不断变化的现实. VirtNet is an all-immersive virtual reality game.  After physically connecting to the interface, 玩家爬进“棺材”,” the gateway into the VirtNet that induces a sleeplike state that keeps the player in suspended animation while inside the game.  关于Virtnet的一切都被设定为阅读更多→

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好吧，我很高兴成为一个素食主义者.  All those terrible things that I could imagine happening at massive feedlots, 巨大的工业屠宰场, 在企业“养殖”的幌子下, happen in Paolo Bacigalupi’s nightmarish comedy 僵尸棒球大战.  Milrow Meat Solutions processes enough beef to feed people in seven states, which means acres and acres of cows packed into feedlots in filth and excrement up to their bellies, a plant the size of a small city that employs vast quantities of undocumented workers who, 一天24小时, race to process thousands upon thousands of cuts of beef, 一项研究阅读更多→

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9 year old twins Bick and Beck have lived almost their whole lives at sea.  Along with their older sister Storm and big brother Tailspin Tommy, Bick & Beck and their parents sail around the world hunting for lost treasure, 挖掘考古珍品, 过着冒险的生活.  Homeschooled on the boat to “survive in the real world – without iPods, iphone, iPads or Papa John’s Pizza” (23) the Kidd kids can cook, man a sixty three foot sailing ship on their own, navigate by the stars and survive marauding pirates, 鲨鱼袭击, and unscrupulous adults chasing them from one treasure trove to阅读更多→

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: 0welcome皇冠地址

在里奇·华莱士的《皇冠登录welcome》中, three stories take place in a small New England town that’s full of cemeteries from Colonial times,  old roads that wind through the woods and end nowhere, 还有不止一个奇怪的老角色.  Urban legends that spring from stories told and retold, 总是基于“可靠来源”, 这些故事有点疯狂, 有点吓人, and just believable enough to grab ahold and drag you in. When sixth grader Jordan is watching a video online he catches a glimpse of a kid in the crowd who used to attend elementary school with him. 疯狂的是，洛恩阅读更多→

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: 0welcome皇冠地址

“很久以前，在遥远的银河系, far away… there was a boy named Roman Novachez … who was destined to attend Pilot Academy Middle School and become the GREATEST Star pilot in the GALAXY. Until everything went TOTALLY and COMPLETELY WRONG…” (1)  And so begins a funny trip across the galaxy from Tatooine to Corsucant with a kid who feels  unprepared for the adventure that is middle school. Roman has been looking forward to following in his big brother’s footsteps and attending the galaxy’s renowned Pilot Academy Middle School where he can train to be a star fighter pilot.  但是没有被接受阅读更多→

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苏珊花, 《倾听卢卡》的作者, brings readers into a magical world where there is more to life than teenage drama. Siena isn’t sure what she calls her “special intuition”. She is able to feel, hear, and see things that other people cannot. 起初, she assumes her imagination is taking her for an adventure when she catches herself remembering vivid dreams. In her most recent dream, she sees this beautiful house, right off the lake in Maine. There is a calm breeze, a relaxing atmosphere, and a family who occupies the house. This family seems strangely similar to Siena’s, but she cannot figure阅读更多→

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As its central conflict in 最黑暗的道路 by Jeff Hirsch, the United States is again divided against itself, with some states controlled by the Federal Army and others controlled by the Army of the Glorious Path.  这条道路的领袖是希尔总统, who has co-opted progressive ideas about economic justice and mixed them with religious fundamentalism.  The Path believe that “there is a light inside all of us that comes from God.  The Choice is simply committing yourself to following the path that it illuminates” (254).  Propaganda occurs through mottoes and prayer, with followers believing “I am the Way and the Path” (240). 阅读更多→

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Matthew Kirby’s 失落的王国 will intrigue readers of historical fiction, 美国民间传说, 和冒险.  Kirby calls his novel “an American fantasy” since he blends these three genres to create the story of Billy Bartram, the famous botanist who in 1753 is a tween boy living in Philadelphia shaping history in colonial America. 当他成年的时候, Billy joins a society of philosophers and patriots who use their knowledge and discoveries to secure the safety of the New England colonies.  与这个伟大的人类社会, which includes iconic figures like Ben Franklin, Billy comes to understand what is known so that he can阅读更多→