ANGEL
Book ID/图书代码： 10000007B11578
English Summary/英文概要： It’s been many years since fourteen-year-old Freya’s life was ruled by an obsession with angels - an obsession which destroyed her family. She has a burgeoning social life at school, and feels adjusted in the world. But then the angels return, and Freya discovers that she herself is a guardian angel. What makes matters worse is the arrival of the strange new girl, Stephanie, who craves for herself the angelic power that Freya resists. Learning to harness this difficult new friendship and her otherworldly abilities are complicated tasks, fraught with difficult decisions to make and dangerous situations to negotiate. Every time Freya helps one of her wards, she puts her own life at risk. And then there are her fellow angels - understanding what they want from her is perhaps the hardest task of all.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 兩個小女孩無從選擇地被命運緊緊連在一起，史戴芬妮是個—沒有朋友，古怪的女孩 ; 而菲雅則不停看見天使出現的小女生，當其中一個天使開始跟蹤菲雅，菲雅去哪裡他的影子就無所不在，後來菲雅因為他的出現而被迫做個可能無法回頭的決定…
從8歲那年見到天使出現在自己房間後，一直到14歲菲雅這幾年以來腦海裡都一直想著天使，被天使佔據著思緒，這個念頭幾乎毀了菲雅的家庭。菲雅好不容易開始恢復學校生活，對天使出現在自己房間裡面這件事情稍稍釋懷了一點(因為沒有人相信菲雅的話)，但是這時候天使又回來找她了!!而且菲雅發現她自己居然也是個守護天使。更糟的是，那個新來的怪女孩，史戴芬妮，她懇求菲雅能給她天使的力量可是菲雅拒絕了。對菲雅來說，要學著如何駕馭這段友情還有自己神秘的能力真是一個大難題，在菲雅當守護天使的期間，會不會遇到危險呢?!
Awards/获奖情况：From School Library Journal
Grade 8–10—Mixing fantasy with brutal reality, McNish’s novel is disturbing as well as moving. Freya, an angel-obsessed 14-year-old, has recently been released from a mental hospital, free to attend public school. Her 16-year-old brother, Luke, cautions her about the popular girls who have befriended her. From personal experience, he has seen how vicious they can be to those who step out on their own for any reason. Beyond his warning, Luke is not able to help Freya negotiate the world of high school because of problems of his own, including harsh bullies and his knowledge of their father’s serious illness. It is gradually revealed that Freya, inexplicably, is part angel herself and, as the story progresses, she becomes more and more angel-like; she is eventually given the task of being a guardian to a number of human wards. While there are important and well-developed messages within this narrative, there are too many subplots for them to be effective: verbal bullying by girls, physical bullying by boys, fantasy that is just this side of reality, and illness of a parent to name the most evident. The writing is clear, and Freya and Luke are well developed, although the minor characters are little more than stereotypes. The busyness of the plot notwithstanding, McNish is an author to watch.—Wendy Smith-D’Arezzo, Loyola College, Baltimore, MD
About the Author/作者介绍： 克里夫．麦可尼许（Cliff McNish）生于桑德兰（英国英格兰东北部港市），但他大部分时间在英格兰的东南部，他的第一部作品《魔咒首部曲》，构思来源于给女儿将的睡前故事。此后作者便新作云涌，陆续发表了银色系列魔幻青少年童书，其广受好评的单本超自然惊悚小说《轻拂》(夺得了索尔福德&卡尔德达尔图书奖)，随后还发表了《天使》、《萨凡纳•格雷》和《猎场》。麦可尼许的作品被译成23种语言，并在美国市场颇受好评。
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Cliff McNish was born in Sunderland, but has spent most of his life in the southeast of England. His first novel, The Doomspell, began as a story told to his daughter, Rachel, and the complete Doomspell trilogy has now sold nearly 300,000 copies in the UK, and has been published around the world. It was followed by the highly successful The Silver Sequence. Cliff’s reputation as a major children’s writer enhances with each new book, and his first stand-alone novel, Breathe, received universal acclaim on publication in 2005.
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