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English Summary/英文概要： New house, new school, new friends - but Matt Lanchester knows it won’t all be that easy when he moves from Milton Keynes to Hay-on-Wye. Almost as soon as he arrives he is drawn into a mystery when he sees a roadside memorial marked by a little wooden cross with the initials M.L carved into it. His initials! Then he meets Robbo and Tig and Old Wil Jones and his wife, Gwynnie. There’s history here and a well kept village secret - and Matt is desperate to find out more. His new acquaintances are keener on taunting Wil - Wil, the murderer. But that’s not Matt’ s style. Befriending Wil, and with a sense of a shadowy figure always close by, he learns about a tragedy in the past, helps set the record straight and finally lay to rest the ghost of boy he feels he’s come to know. Linda Newbery effortlessly mixes the old with the new, the past with the present, tragedy with triumph as she writes about communities and individuals, facing challenges and being accepted.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 搬家对于年仅11岁的Matt Lanchester来说，是一种特殊的考验。新的房子，新的学校，新的朋友——然而Matt知道，当他从密尔顿凯因斯郡搬到海伊镇时，等待他的还不仅仅是这些。一踏上海伊镇的土地，他就在空气中嗅到一丝异样的气息。行走在一条乡间小路上，他无意中看到路边的一座纪念碑的屋顶上插着一根木质的小十字架，上面刻着大写字母 “L”和“M”。这是他名字的首字母！接着他遇见了Robbo和Tig，老爷爷Wil Jones和他的太太Gwynnie。原来，现在Matt所生活的这个村庄埋藏着一段古老的历史和不为人知的秘密——Matt迫切希望找出其中的原因。他的新朋友们似乎更热衷于对Wil冷嘲热讽——大家都认为他是凶手。但Matt不想这么做。他与Wil交朋友，随着时间的推移，他渐渐感到总有一个模糊的影子徘徊在他的身边。随着真相浮出水面，他终于了解这个村庄在过去发生过一起惨案，有人掩盖了真相。随后，在他的帮助下，这起冤案终于平反昭雪。此外，他感到如影随形的男孩鬼魂也得到了安息。本书作者LINDA NEWBERY在描写群体和个体的生活时，轻松地把过去与现在，悲剧与胜利等对立面糅合在一起，带给读者心灵上的双重体验。(Susie)
Awards/获奖情况： “本书描绘了一起扣人心弦的谜案…海伊镇优美如画的景色为故事渲染了神秘的气氛。”——《图书馆杂志》 “作者独具匠心地安排了整个故事…她成功地把读者的注意力放到扑朔迷离的情节上，同时也引发读者对自然清新的乡村景色的向往。强烈推荐！”——爱尔兰作家Lorraine Foster ’a marvellously gripping mystery... the landscape around Hay-on-Wye is both the setting and and an atmospheric element of the tale.’ (THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN)
’cleverly crafted... she manages to keep the reader focused on the plot and evoke some beautiful imagery of the surrounding countryside. Thoroughly recommended.’ (Lorraine Foster INIS (IRELAND))
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