THE BEASTS OF CLAWSTONE CASTLE
Book ID/图书代码： 03540005B04650
English Summary/英文概要： A magical new adventure from the multi-award-winning Eva Ibbotson. Can two children foil an outrageous criminal plot with the help of some of the funniest and maddest ghosts ever invented? Clawstone Castle is ancient and famous, but its elderly owners have no money. In its great park live a legendary herd of wild white cattle that have roamed there since the days of the Druids, and now their future is threatened. Rollo and Madlyn come to stay with their uncle and aunt and, with the help of a mysterious recluse in the castle library, they collect an impressive team of phantoms who agree to help them turn Clawstone into a tourist attraction. There’s a bloodstained bride, an aristocrat whose chest is permanently gnawed by a rat, a girl who was sawn in half in a circus, a pair of feet without a body, and more. Paying visitors soon pour through the gates. But then a terrible fate befalls the cattle, and the ghosts and the children find themselves facing some very sinister enemies.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Madlyn和Rollo被送到Clawston城堡避暑，他们一来到这里就被这座豪华的古宅深深吸引了，当然吸引他们的还不只是大气的屋子，那里还居住着一群古怪又身无分文的居民。但是最让孩子着迷的还是Clawston公园里随处可见的美丽的雪白尤物。没人知道他们到底从何处来，然而Clawston城堡的主人一直却处处照顾他们。
为了不让破旧的城堡坍塌，Madlyn 和Rollo想出了一个筹钱的方法，就是在城堡里装神弄鬼，于是孩子开始招来了一群怪人，有无家可归的，有面目狰狞的鬼怪---其中就有浑身沾满血迹的新娘Brenda，独眼龙骷髅Smith先生，还有一双会跳舞的魔鬼鞋。虽然筹钱问题差不多解决了，财源不断，但是Madlyn 、Rollo和这一群妖怪倒是经不起诱惑遇到了可怕的危险……谁也不知道有个凶残的阴谋家正步步逼近，一心要谋划他的恶毒计划，搞垮Clawston城堡……(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：The book offers a plethora of tangled threads and comic characters. (Publishers Weekly)
About the Author/作者介绍： 伊娃•伊博森，英国著名作家，以创作幻想小说而著称于世。代表作有《13号站台的秘密》《女巫新娘》《怪物任务》《鬼魂大拯救》等。曾荣获英国著名儿童文学奖“卡内基儿童文学奖”提名奖、“《卫报》儿童小说奖”、“学校图书馆杂志最佳图书奖”、“雀巢儿童图书奖”等。有多部作品被改编成电影、电视剧。 在欧美国家，一提到《哈利•波特与魔法石》就必须要提到《13号站台的秘密》，因为这两本书都提到了伦敦的王十字火车站的某个站台，而且这个站台通向另一个世界。有读者给伊娃写信，说她抄袭J.K.罗琳的作品，但事实是，《哈利•波特与魔法石》出版于1997年，比《13号站台的秘密》晚了三年。
Eva Ibbotson is one of the best-loved children’s writers in the world.
Her first children’s novel was published in 1975, and her most famous story, JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA, won the Smarties Gold Prize in 2001.
Her books have been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, and many other literary awards.
Eva died at the age of 85 in 2010
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