AT THE FIREFLY GATE
Book ID/图书代码： 10000006B08726
English Summary/英文概要： Henry never quite fits in. He feels like an outsider - and about to become even more so when his family move to the country and the prospect of a new secondary school looms. He retreats more and more into his shell, until he meets Dottie a frail old lady, but one with tremendous spirit. He feels as though he knows her, as though they have been friends for many years. And as she tells him about her wartime romance with an RAF navigator also called Henry, so our Henry is drawn into that world. In a series of mysterious, sometimes frightening events he re-enacts Henry’s life...and learns that despite being dreadfully afraid, Henry acted heroically at the cost of his own life. Only our Henry knows the true story and it shows him a way through his own self doubts and misgivings.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 亨利(Henry)一直与周围的世界格格不入——他感觉自己就像个局外人。——所以当他们一家搬到乡下的时候，而且一所新学校的景象正由远及近时，他的孤独感愈发强烈了。他慢慢地缩进自己的外壳直到他遇见了多蒂，一位瘦弱的老太太，但是她对生活充满希望，精力十分充沛。他对她一见如故，仿佛他们已是多年的好友。她告诉他自己与一名英国皇家空军飞行员的故事，这名飞行员也叫Henry，所以我们的Henry被卷入当时那个战火纷飞的世界。
在一系列神秘,有时令人恐惧的事件中，他重现了那个亨利的生活……只有我们的亨利知道真实的故事而且这个故事帮助他解决了自身的自我怀疑和对周围一切心存顾虑的毛病。（Susie）
Awards/获奖情况：’A haunting, well-written tale that makes compelling reading’ (The Bookseller)
"...not to be missed". (The Economist, December 9 2004)
"An inspirational read for youngsters everywhere". (Sam Wostear The Sun 4.2.05) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author/作者介绍： 琳达(Linda)喜欢研究她的小说，她博览群书，因为研究的目的，她曾经到访过都柏林（爱尔兰共和国的首都），威克洛山脉，诺曼底和第一次世界大战法国和比利的战场。琳达与她的丈夫、三只猫一起住在北安普敦郡（英国英格兰郡名）的农村。除了写作之外，她喜欢阅读,园艺,游泳,看电影，看戏剧,散步,尤其喜欢在山区的地方徒步行走，像威尔士,湖区（英国最美丽的国家公园）和爱尔兰的西部。Linda enjoys researching her novels and besides a great deal of background reading has travelled for research purposes to Dublin, the Wicklow Mountains, Normandy, and the First World War battlefields in France and Belgium. She’s also jumped out of a Cessna aeroplane at 2,000 feet, boarded a wartime Lancaster bomber, and overcome a fear of heights to go climbing in the Lake District.
Linda lives in rural Northamptonshire with her husband and three cats. Apart from writing, she spends time reading, gardening, swimming, going to the cinema and theatre, and walking, especially in mountainous places like Wales, the Lake District and the West of Ireland.
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