THE CLOSEST THING TO FLYING
Book ID/图书代码： 06580119C00020
English Summary/英文概要： Present day: Semira doesn’t know where to call home. She and her mother came to England when she was four years old, brought across the desert and the sea by a man who has complete control. Always moving on, always afraid of being caught, she longs for freedom.
1891: Hen knows exactly where to call home. Her stifling mother makes sure of that. But her Aunt Kitty is opening her eyes to a whole new world. A world of animal rights, and votes for women, and riding bicycles! Trapped in a life of behaving like a lady, she longs for freedom.
When Semira discovers Hen’s diary, she finds the inspiration to be brave, to fight for her place in the world, and maybe even to uncover the secrets of her own past
Gill Lewis is the multi-award-winning and best-selling author of novels including Sky Hawk, White Dolphin, and A Story Like the Wind. This is her unforgettable tale of friendship, hope, and finding the courage to fight for what you believe in.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 现在：塞米拉不知道哪里可以叫做家。她和母亲四岁时颠沛流离来到英国，他们被男的完全控制，穿越了沙漠和海洋来到英国。她总是奔走，总是害怕被抓住，她渴望自由。
1891年，翰清楚地知道哪里可以叫做家。她那闷闷不乐的母亲确信这一点。但她的基蒂姨妈为她打开了眼界，看到全新的世界。一个有动物权利，妇女投票权，可以骑自行车的世界！她困于每天装淑女的世界，她渴望自由。当塞米拉发现了翰的日记，她找到了勇敢的灵感，为自己能在世界上拥有一席之地而奋斗，甚至可能揭开自己过去的秘密。
吉尔•刘易斯是位数次获奖和畅销小说作家，包括《天鹰》、《白海豚》和《风一样的故事》。这是她关于友谊、希望和寻找为你的信仰而奋斗的勇气的令人难忘故事。(YYW)
Awards/获奖情况：为吉尔•刘易斯赞叹，刘易斯自信而经济的散文让读者读了又读（泰晤士报）
生动，困难，令人满意，这是伟大的故事。（卫报）
我读过的最好的书。我不停地读，它是最好的。（卫报儿童图书网站Lilybelle）
刘易斯每本新书都有特别之处。（每日邮报）
吉尔•刘易斯编织了一个令人难忘的关于流离失所、希望和寻求自由的故事。（卫报）
吉尔•刘易斯成为了当代动物故事的主要作家，她将兽医对动物的知识的了解与小说家对人物和情节的能力结合了起来。（电报）
Praise for Gill Lewis Lewis’s confident, economical prose takes the reader up, up and away. (The Times)
Vivid, difficult,and satisfying, this is magnificent storytelling. (The Guardian)
The best book I have ever read. I couldnt stop reading it Its the BEST. (Lilybelle, Guardian Childrens Books website)
Lewis produces something very special with each new book. (Daily Mail)
Gill Lewis weaves an unforgettable tale of displacement, hope, and the search for freedom. (The Guardian)
Gill Lewis has established herself as the principal contemporary writer of animal stories, combining a vet’s knowledge of her subject with a novelist’s capacity for character and plot. (Telegraph)
About the Author/作者介绍： 吉尔•刘易斯童年的大部分时间都在花园里度过，在那里她经营着一家小型动物园和一家兽医医院，专门治疗令人毛骨悚然的爬虫、老鼠和鸟类。她长大后成为一名真正的兽医，为寻找有趣的动物，她去到过北极到非洲等地方。吉尔现在为孩子们写书。她以前的小说在世界范围内广受好评，并被翻译成20多种语言。她与丈夫和三个孩子住在萨默塞特，在松鼠的陪伴下，在树屋里写作。
Gill Lewis spent much of her childhood in the garden where she ran a small zoo and a veterinary hospital for creepy-crawlies, mice, and birds. When she grew up she became a real vet and travelled from the Arctic to Africa in search of interesting animals and places. Gill now writes books for children. Her previous novels have published to worldwide critical acclaim and have been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives in the depths of Somerset with her husband and three children and writes from a tree house in the company of squirrels.
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