THE MESSENGERS
Book ID/图书代码： 07500002B1131
English Summary/英文概要： The Goodfellow Chronicles Book Two:The Messengers is the follow-up novel to The Sacred Seal, nominated for the 2003 Red Maple Award. Having made the decision to forego being a Gifted One and continue helping the Goodfellows, Sam is looking forward to a peaceful summer vacation—until he receives a letter telling him that Jolly Goodfellow and Edgar have disappeared. Realizing that Jolly’s Secret Scroll has something to do with England’s mysterious crop circles, and that Jolly and Edgar have probably disappeared in the crop circle vicinity, Sam dedicates his summer to searching for his friends. But Sam isn’t alone. The evil Professor Mandrake is also searching, and he, too, has a Secret Scroll. As the search for the missing Goodfellows ranges from England to the United States, and Sam and Mandrake battle for possession of the scrolls, the reader discovers the history of these special documents, and their importance to mankind. The Messengers is the second book in a trilogy that chronicles the adventures and “careers” of a special group of people: The Goodfellow family, who are members of the Sage. The Sage provide unseen inspiration to humans in pursuit of creative genius and scientific advancement. Disguised as mice so that they can move about freely in the world, the Sage are assigned “cases,” humans to whom they are to whisper words of encouragement.(February 2003)
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Goodfellow系列丛书二：The Messengers是The Sacred Seal的续篇，2003年曾被提名红枫叶奖。决定继续帮助Goodfellow家族的Sam正期待着一个平静的暑假，直到他收到一封神秘的来信，信中说Jolly Goodfellow和Edgar失踪了。当Sam得知Jolly的神秘手册和英国神秘农作物带也许有着一定的联系，他还得知Jolly和Edgar也许也消失在那附近，Sam 决定放弃自己的暑假生活寻找他的朋友们，但是，寻找他们的并不只有Sam一个，邪恶的曼得拉克教授也在追踪这两个人的下落，并且他也有一本神秘手册。为了寻找失踪的好友，Sam的足迹遍布英国和美国，途中Sam和曼得拉克将争夺这对人类至关重要的手册……
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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。 〈br>
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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