2010年澳洲兒童圖書理事會年度大獎-Short List入選書單 part 2

2010年澳洲兒童圖書理 事會年度大獎
SHORLISTED TITLES – 2010 Book of the Year
 

入選書單原始頁面：http://cbca.org.au/shortlist.htm

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YOUNGER READERS青少年讀物獎項

 

Matty Forever

適 合4-8歲讀者(Younger Reader)

出版公司：University of Queensland Press

作者：Elizabeth Fensham

2009年8月出版

ISBN: 9780702237027

平裝，144頁

 

比爾(Bill)和瑪蒂(Matty)是鄰居，也是最要好的朋友。他們一起分享了自己內心最深處與最黑暗的秘密。當家裡發生不愉快的事 情時，他們都會相互扶持依靠。

比爾很掛念爸爸，且在新學校裡過得不太愉快；而瑪蒂也漸漸意識到家裡將要變得跟別人不一樣……

一天，學校來了一位新同學— 伊莎貝爾(Isabelle)，她是個漂亮的女孩，班上無論男女同學都很喜歡她，包括比爾。伊莎貝爾很快跟比爾熟識，還想要把他 完全地佔為己有。眼看自己最好的朋友被搶走，瑪蒂難免有點吃醋；這時，比爾和瑪蒂才明白友誼的真正意義……

這是一個關於友情、接納與信 任的故事，是由在澳洲廣受大家喜愛的作家Elizabeth Fensham所寫，必能打動讀者的心。

書評

“An engaging novel for readers seven years and up about the nature of real friendship, which is held back from perfection by some flatness in the narrative—noticeable in comparison to exquisitely written moments like Bill’s description of his ‘suitcase full of rocks’.”

Kerry White is an author, bibliographer and

contributes to The Source, an online resource

September 2009

 Bookseller + Publisher

 

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OLDER READERS青少年讀物獎項

Loving Richard Feynman

出 版公司：University of Queensland Press

作者：Penny Tangey

2009年8月出版

ISBN: 9780702237256

平裝 繪本，204頁

 

理查．費曼(Richard Feynman)是諾貝爾物理獎得主，凱薩琳(Catherine)是一個只有15歲卻非常喜歡研究科學的小女生。

理查的工作是協助製造原子彈，而凱薩琳只想在學校生活中生存。

凱薩琳將學校生活中的不如意、父母的不和，透過寫信給已故的科學家—理查．費曼得以抒發…。

書評

This novel explores life, the world and everything through the letters of an angst-ridden teen. Catherine unloads her anxieties, fears, hatreds and loves into scores of letters addressed to the now dead Richard Feynman; a scientist of some note who is the subject of a poster that hangs on Catherine’s wall. By giving the recipient of the letters a name, the protagonist is instantly drawn into a relationship that has to be negotiated and nurtured. The relationship between Catherine and Richard goes up and down as Catherine uses Richard (and her imaginary alliance with him) to unload and vent. But there is nothing new about the woes in Catherine’s life; her parents' split, peer angst, hormones and school are often pivotal themes in young adult fiction. What is interesting is the author’s introduction of an innate character that becomes intrinsically linked to the delivery of the novel’s overall well constructed premise. Want to know more about Richard Feynman? … …

March 2009, Vol 88, No 6. Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine