IF YOU’RE LUCKY
Book ID/图书代码: 00342515B80368
English Summary/英文概要: Is Georgia’s mind playing tricks on her, or is the entire town walking into the arms of a killer who has everyone but Georgia fooled?
When seventeen-year-old Georgia’s brother drowns while surfing in halfway around the world in Australia, Georgia refuses to believe Lucky’s death was just bad luck. Lucky was smart. He wouldn’t have surfed in waters more dangerous than he could handle. Then a stranger named Fin arrives in False Bay, claiming to have been Lucky’s best friend. Soon Fin is working for Lucky’s father, charming Lucky’s mother, dating his girlfriend. Georgia begins to wonder: Did Fin murder Lucky in order to take over his whole life?
Determined to clear the fog from her mind in order to uncover the truth about Lucky’s death, Georgia secretly stops taking the medication that keeps away the voices in her head. Georgia is certain she’s getting closer and closer to the truth about Fin, but as she does, her mental state becomes more and more precarious, and no one else seems to trust what she’s saying.
As the chilling narrative unfolds, the reader must decide whether Georgia’s descent into madness is causing her to see things that don’t exist – or to see a deadly truth that no one else can see.
Chinese Summary/中文概要: 是格鲁吉亚的思想欺骗了她,或是整个城市都笼罩在一个杀手的武器中,只有格鲁吉亚愚弄了他?
当十七岁的格鲁吉亚的兄弟在澳大利亚边界冲浪的中途淹死,格鲁吉亚拒绝相信拉吉的死只是运气不好。拉吉很聪明。他不会在超出他掌控的水域冲浪。然后一个名叫费因的陌生人到福尔斯湾,并自称是拉吉最好的朋友。很快费因就为拉吉的父亲工作,取悦了拉吉的母亲,并和他的女朋友约会。格鲁吉亚开始思考:是不是费因谋杀了拉吉,以取代他的整个生活?
为了揭开拉吉之死的真相她决心要清除她心中的迷雾,格鲁吉亚秘密地停止服药,以远离她头脑中的声音。格鲁吉亚很肯定她越来越接近关于费因的真相,但随着她做的越来越多,她的精神状态变得越来越不稳定,而且没有人相信她说的话。
随着令人不寒而栗的叙述展开,读者必须裁决是否是格鲁吉亚不稳定的精神让她看到了不存在的东西,还是看到了而来没有人能看到的致命真相。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况:“睿智、反讽且见解独到,《如果你是拉吉》是一本非凡的引人注目的书籍。通过曲折扭曲,其危险紧张的钟表弹簧有着紧密的环圈让作者保持好奇,好像 Georgia 的宇宙将会轻松爆裂一样”-Andrew Smith,《Grasshopper Jungle》作者
“Smart, sarcastic, and wickedly insightful, If You’re Lucky is a remarkable page-turner. The tense coils of its dangerously tightening clock spring keep readers wondering, twist by twist, if Georgia’s universe will simply burst apart.” —Andrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle
“Prinz subtly moves Georgia from credible to unreliable narrator in such a way that neither characters nor readers know what to believe . . . A remarkable exposé into mental illness.” —Booklist
“Georgia’s suspicious mind is a fascinating place to spend time . . . this moody mystery will keep readers hooked.”— Publishers Weekly
“The protagonist ranks among the best of unreliable narrators in YA literature, leaving readers uncertain, confused, and utterly absorbed . . . Give this dark, broody novel to psychological drama fans and teens who enjoy books by Alex Flinn, David Klass, Pete Hautman, and Gail Giles.” —School Library Journal
“A solid page turner.”— Kirkus Reviews
About the Author/作者介绍: 伊冯•普林茨是获奖书籍《黑胶公主》和《你得到的一切就是我》的作者。她是一位生活在旧金山湾地区的加拿大人,也是世界上最大的独立音乐商店“变形虫音乐”的创始人之一。Yvonne Prinz is the award-winning author of The Vinyl Princess, and All You Get Is Me. A Canadian living in the San Francisco Bay Area, she is the co-founder of Amoeba Music, the world’s largest independent music store.
Format:HARDCOVER
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