BREAKDOWN
Book ID/图书代码： 13005415B77341
English Summary/英文概要： It is 2084. Nuclear radiation has poisoned
the country. Society has fallen apart. Starvation is rampant, and power shortages have resulted in piles of obsolete gadgetry. Necessity has driven those who’ve survived to complete self-reliance, if they have the means to do so. For Melissa and her Nan, survival is just about possible, so long as they can guard the tiny crop of potatoes in their back garden and find enough fuel to cook on - and as long as they are safely barricaded inside their home by curfew.
For after dark, feral dogs hunt, and violent gangs from the old Olympic Stadium (now a miserable ghetto) roam to loot and plunder. If they catch you, they are not merciful; so when Melissa falls into the hands of Careem’s gang, her prospects look bleak. But Careem soon realises that she might just be more valuable alive, as a ransom victim.
However, he hasn’t reckoned with Melissa’s resourcefulness. Soon part of his young gang are completely beguiled by Melody and her story of a hidden valley in Scotland - a place that sounds like a comparative paradise, if they can get there. But apparently only Melissa knows the way, and only she can lead them there. But Melissa is hiding a secret. She has never been to Scotland in her life, let alone a mythically Elysian valley there. Can Melissa’s stories keep her alive long enough to escape - or will they get her killed?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 2084年，核辐射污染了国家，社会变得四分五裂。饥饿猖獗，电力短缺让一大推东西变得毫无用途。那些存活下来的人因为需求而变得自力更生。对于梅丽莎和她的楠来说，生存是可能性，生存是只要可以守护住他们后花园种的小土豆和找到够烘熟那些土豆的燃料，生存就是只要他们还能在宵禁的时候可以安全的躲在自己的家里。
因为在天黑以后，野狗会出来觅食，那些从以前的奥林匹克运动场（现在是悲惨的贫民区）出来的暴力团伙会出来抢掠打劫。如果你被他们抓到，他们绝不会对你心慈手软。所以当梅丽莎落入卡瑞姆团伙手中的时候，她也就凶多吉少了。不过卡瑞姆很快意识到梅丽莎作为人质，活着更有价值。
然而，他料想不到的是梅丽莎是个足智多谋的人。很快他们的几个年轻的团伙成员被梅丽莎的音调所迷惑，相信了梅丽莎那个关于苏格兰有个世外桃源的故事， 如果他们能到那儿，那个听上去就像是个天堂的地方。但是显然只有梅丽莎知道去那儿的路，也只有他能带他们去。梅丽莎藏了个秘密。她这辈子都没有去过苏格兰，更不要说那个神话中的世外桃源了。梅丽莎的故事能让她或者逃出来吗？还是他们会杀了她？（YYW）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 莎拉•穆西出生在切尔滕纳姆，在科茨沃尔德长大，本科就读于温彻斯特艺术学院 ，在皇家艺术学院取得硕士。莎拉在西非任教15年，现在在刘易舍姆教英语。
SARAH MUSSI was born in Cheltenham and raised in the Cotswolds, and received a BA from Winchester School of Art and an MA from the Royal College of Art. Sarah spent over fifteen years in West Africa as a teacher and now teaches English in Lewisham.
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