THE SACRED SEAL

Book ID/图书代码： 07500002B1058

English Summary/英文概要： Search all things, hold fast that which is true, Take heed of many, the advice of few, And always paddle your own canoe. From Favorite Proverbs as collected and compiled by J. Goodfellow, London, 1949 Sam does not appreciate having to leave his home, his friends and his backyard insect paradise just because his parents are realizing their life-long dream of opening an art gallery in a new town. But after making the move to Dullsville, Sam’s life soon takes a very interesting turn. Sam’s parents have just purchased a creaky old house that used to belong to a batty old professor who just up and vanished one day. On Sam’s first night in his new/old house, the Fate’s reveal that they have something very interesting in store - something, or someone, who is about to change the very course of his life. Join Sam and the ubiquitous Mr. Goodfellow as they travel through time and space to combat the forces of evil and help good win out over all. Their adventures soon find them fighting off the horrible swampy Fens, the evil Prof. Mandrake, his nasty son Basil and all manner of things in a desperate attempt to save the future. The Sacred Seal is the first book in a trilogy that follows the adventures of an odd assortment of friends and foes. A fantastically imagined and fully realized story, The Goodfellow Chronicles is sure to captivate young audiences with its epic tales of adventure and mystery.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 搜索世间万物，紧握住真理。让我们眼观六路，耳听八方，但是最重要的事是做好自己分内的事。这些都是这套Goodfellow丛书中告诉读者的格言。故事的主人公小Sam并不想离开他的家、他的朋友和他家后院的昆虫世界，但是他的父母为了实现他们在新镇上开艺术馆的梦想，不得不决定搬家。没想到，当Sam一家搬到Dullsville之后， Sam的生活发生的有趣的变化。Sam的父母刚买下了一幢咯吱作响的老房子，房子原来住着一个古怪的老教授，老教授一天突然人间蒸发了。Sam在他这个新家住的第一天晚上，他突然发现房子里藏匿着有趣的事物并将改变他人生的轨迹。让我们跟着Sam和无所不在的Goodfellow先生进入他们奇幻的跨越时间和空间之旅，除强扶弱。他们的冒险最终将遭遇恐怖的沼泽地，在那里他们将与恶魔曼得拉克教授、他下流的儿子Brasil展开一场殊死搏斗以拯救未来。The Sacred Seal是作者J.C.Mills的童书三部曲的第一册。

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About the Author/作者介绍： J.C. MILLS 是一位自学成才的艺术家，她的大半生都钻研于绘画和雕刻艺术事业，1993年才开始她的写作事业。此后，她撰写了许多图文并茂的童书，包括Bridge 6, The Stonehook Schooner, While the Bear Sleeps 和The Painted Chest 。Mills和她的丈夫儿子一起住在多伦多。
The engaging design and vibrancy of J.C. Mills’ (also known as Judith Christine Mills) artwork has distinguished her as one of Canada’s finest artists and illustrators. Since the beginning of her career in 1980, J.C. has been commissioned to create Fundraising Christmas Cards, for The Hospital for Sick Children; a sculpture of prairie women for the Cornwall Centre, in Regina Saskatchewan; a memorial painting for Branksome Hall, Toronto, Ontario; the 2000 Canadian Children’s Bookweek poster for the Canadian Children’s Bookcentre; the sculpture that was presented to Prime Minister Jean Chretien by the Liberal Party of Canada in 1992; as well the illustrations for six children’s books,3 of which she also wrote. J.C.’s paintings and sculptures are shown in galleries across Canada and the United States, such as the Hollander York Gallery in Toronto; the Bronte Harbour Fine Arts Gallery in Oakville; the Mast Cove Galleries in Kennebunkport, Maine and the Sunday Afternoon Galleries in Chicago. Her work is also included in several corporate and private collections, including those of: Bob Hope, Anne Murray, the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, Reader’s Digest, Edmonton Art Gallery, Shell Oil Canada, City of Toronto Art Collection, Toronto Board of Education and the Canada Council for the Arts. In 1995, J.C. Mills took her talent as an artist to a new level- as a children’s picture book author and illustrator, with her book The Stonehook Schooner. Since then she has written and illustrated another picture book, The Painted Chest, and has illustrated four others: The Wild Cameron Women, The Boy Who Stuck Out His Tongue, Bridge 6 and While the Bear Sleeps. In 2001, J.C. released her first young adult novel, The Sacred Seal: Book One of the Goodfellow Chronicles. In spring 2003 The Goodfellow Chronicles Book Two: The Messengers arrived to continue this remarkable mystery/adventure tale. For her success as a children’s author, J.C. Mills was selected to be one of six authors involved in the General Mills Publishing Program for 2001/2002. This unique program featured authors and their books on General Mills Cereal Boxes along with profiles of Canadian athletes participating in the 2002 Olympic games. Recently, The Goodfellow Chronicles Book 1: The Sacred Seal was nominated for the 2003 Red Maple Award and was selected by the Canadian Toy Testing Council as one of the best books of 2002.

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