THE BONE SPARROW
Book ID/图书代码： 11701215B84569
English Summary/英文概要： This is under offer in the UK and in ANZ, and there are now both Italian and Greek pre-empts accepted. A German pre-empt has just been turned down. For readers of Markus Zusak’s ‘The Book Thief’ or John Boyne’s ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’, this is a contemporary glimpse of a refugee boy’s life – one that is played out time and time again in detention centres and camps across the world.
Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian permanent detention centre after his mother fled the violence of a distant homeland, life behind the fences is all he has ever known. But as he grows up, his imagination gets bigger too, until he is bursting at the limits of his world. The night sea brings him gifts, the faraway whales sing to him, and the birds tell their stories. The most vivid story of all, however, is the adventure that arrives one night in the form of Jimmie, a scruffy, impatient girl who appears on the other side of the fence, and brings a notebook written by the mother she has lost. Unable to read it, she relies on Subhi to unravel her own family’s love songs and tragedies. Subhi and Jimmie might both find a way to friendship and freedom, as their tales unfold - - but not until each of them has been braver than ever before.
Profoundly moving, THE BONE SPARROW is a funny, heart-breaking and ultimately uplifting hymn to freedom and love. Zana Fraillon is an Australian author who worked as a primary school teacher before having children – she has had picture books and some illustrated middle grade books published in Australia by Egmont Australia and Allen & Unwin. This is her first book in the UK and US, and is currently unedited, at 45,000 words in length.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书已在英国、澳大利亚和新西兰发行，现在在意大利和希腊已经接受预购，德国的预购刚刚结束。与Markus Zusak的《偷书贼》以及John Boyen的《穿条纹睡衣的男孩》一样，本书也关注一个难民男孩的生活。
Subhi是个难民，出生在澳大利亚一处永久羁留中心。他的母亲躲避暴力相加而从遥远的国度来到这里，围墙内就是他的全部世界。但随着他不断长大，他的想象力也不断地变得丰富。夜晚的海会带来礼物，远方的鲸鱼对他歌唱，鸟儿讲着故事。本书最生动的一段是有关Jimmie的，一个看起来很邋遢又不耐烦的女孩。她出现在围墙之外，带来一本她母亲的笔记本。她需要Subhi帮助她解读自己家族的悲欢离合。随着故事的展开，两个孩子必须努力找到方法来发展他们之间的友谊并追寻自由，当然了他们必须首先变得更加勇敢才行。
本书既有趣又感人肺腑，是一首对于自由和爱的无上赞歌。作者Zana Fraillon是澳大利亚人，曾在小学教书，在发表本书前已出版过一些绘本以及配有插图的青少年读物。本书是她在英国以及美国出版的第一本书，目前的未编辑版本长度为约45,000字。(LYR)
Awards/获奖情况：“有时候，在夜里，外面的泥土变成了美丽的海洋。红得像太阳，深邃如天空。我躺在床上，Queeny的脚贴近我的脸颊，我听到外面的海浪拍打着帐篷。”
Orion儿童图书公司已经收购了本书在英国以及英联邦国家的版权。本书从一个小难民Subhi的视角展开，是作者Zana Fraillon根据澳大利亚难民的真实生活写成的。Orion的主编表示能够出版本书十分荣幸，因为这是一部能够让读者产生相当强烈的共鸣，也再一次告诉我们即使是一个微弱的声音也可能帮助我们了解到有无数人正在努力为一个更安全的家园而奋斗。
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2017
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN CHILDREN’S FICTION PRIZE 2016
SHORTLISTED FOR VICTORIAN PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARDS, 2017
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDEPENDENT BOOKSHOP WEEK BOOK AWARD 2017
WINNER OF AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS 2017 – OLDER CHILDREN CATEGORY
Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2016: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/18/guardian-childrens
winner of the Amnesty CILIP Honour category, from the CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlist!
About the Author/作者介绍： Zana Fraillon was born in Melbourne Australia, but spent her early childhood in San Francisco. Zana has written two picture books for young children, a series for middle readers, and a fictitious book for older readers based on research and recounts of survivors of the Forgotten Generation. She now lives in Melbourne, with her three sons, husband and two dogs. When Zana isn’t reading or writing, she likes to explore the museums and hidden passageways scattered across Melbourne. They provide the same excitement as that moment before opening a new book preparing to step into the unknown where a whole world of possibilities awaits.
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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Orion Children’s Books (UK), Hyperion (US), Hachette Australia (ANZ), cbt Random House (Germany), Luitingh-Sijthoff (Netherlands), Corbaccio (Italy), Psychogios (Greece), Poradnia K Ltd (Poland), Lime Co., Ltd (Korea), and Andante (Turkey).
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