THE WORD EATER

Book ID/图书代码： 06430005B05337

English Summary/英文概要： Life is miserable for sixth-grader Lerner Chanse at her new school, where the MPOOE (Most Powerful Ones on Earth) Club ruthlessly rules over the SLUGs (Sorry Losers Under Ground). Then Lerner accidentally discovers that her pet worm Fip eats paper - with startling results...When he eats a label with the words "Mack’s Thumbtacks", all Mack’s thumbtacks instantly vanish and papers slip from bulletin boards everywhere! It seems that if Fip eats a word, that item simply disappears from the world - forever. Now that Lerner knows about Fip’s magic, she has some extraordinary powers of her own - and some big decisions to make. Should she eliminate crime? Her mean neighbour Bobby Nitz’s evil dog? Or simply wipe Cleveland Park Middle School off the face of the earth? Or will destroying anything cause effects that she can’t imagine or predict? Lerner soon discovers that extraordinary power brings extraordinary responsibility - but will she learn her lesson in time?

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 六年級的樂娜(Lerner Chanse)轉到新學校，這是她悲慘遭遇的開始。新學校裡有個「地球上最強俱樂部」，只會恃強欺弱，而轉學生樂娜更是他們惡整的新對象。
有天樂娜意外發現一隻會吃紙的蟲費波(Fip)，樂娜很高興有了寵物費波。偶然間費波無意識地吃掉寫有圖釘的一張紙，樂娜赫然發現桌上的圖釘消失不見，而全班同學也不知道有圖釘這個物品！樂娜這才察覺只要是費波吃掉某個字，那麼世界上就再也沒有且不曾有過那樣東西了！
總是受到欺壓的樂娜，會利用費波來做壞事嗎？而她是否會了解到擁有特別的力量代表著背負著極大的責任嗎？她必須付出什麼樣的代價呢？(Anne)

Awards/获奖情况：Fellowship for Children’s Novel-in-Progress, The Heekin Foundation;
嘿金基金會兒童讀物研究獎助金
Grant for Work-in-Progress, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI); 「童書作家與插畫家協會」作品研究獎助金
SCBWI National Magazine Merit Award;
「童書作家與插畫家協會」國際雜誌優選
AzLA Young Readers’ Award;
「亞利桑那州立圖書館」小讀者書獎
Arts in Education Grant, Target;
「藝術教育獎助金」
Grant in the Arts, The Washington Post;
「華盛頓郵報」頒贈藝術獎助金
Visiting Artist Grants, Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, MD;
「蒙哥馬利郡人文藝術研討會」頒贈訪談藝術家贊助金
Keisler Prize for Poetry, Indiana University.
印地安大學頒贈「凱斯勒詩作獎」

About the Author/作者介绍： Mary Amato is now known for her comic middle-grade novels.
Mary Amato為知名兒童讀物作家，首部作品《吃字蟲》(THE WORD EATER)便廣受好評，而《搗蛋兄弟》(Riot Brothers)系列出版第一集，便受到美國《學校圖書館期刊》(School Library Journal)極力讚許其幽默的筆調。除了作家身分外，Mary Amato也是位詩人、木偶劇表演者、面具製造家、拼布喜好者。

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