BRETT MCCARTHY: WORK IN PROGRESS

Book ID/图书代码： 04160007B12712

English Summary/英文概要： Brett McCarthy lives for soccer, vocabulary words, and her largerthan-life grandmother, Nonna. Unfortunately, Brett’s got a huge mouth she can’t seem to tame and opinions she can’t keep to herself. It’s thanks in part to both of those things (well, really, the evil Jeanne Anne) that Brett finds herself going from good student and BFF to Diane, to twicesuspended, friendless, and lunching with the principal every day. Indefinitely. So when Nonna starts going for lots of medical tests and no one will tell her why, Brett’s already turned-upside down world goes from bad to worse, and she’s not sure where she fits, who she is, or how to make right what she, and her big fat mouth, have made wrong. Maria Padian makes her literary debut with a laugh-out-loud coming-of-age novel about one smart-mouthed 14-year-old who’s learning the hard way that she is a work in progress.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 布雷特•麦卡锡生命中似乎是为了新词汇，足球和她富有传奇色彩的祖母诺玛。不幸的是，布雷特有着一张无法驯服去严守秘密的‘大嘴巴’，而她似乎也无法坚持自己的看法。她总是一分钟热度，前一刻还在痴迷於一样东西，她变成好学生的另一种定义解泛，闺蜜戴安娜对她来说已经两度分分合合了，缅因州这块地方对她来说是身旁既无好友为伴，也是毫无生趣可言。不久她的世界将发生彻底的改变，她开始不确定自己适合呆在哪里，应该去做什么，或是怎样做才是最为正确的，而她那天性无法改变的大嘴又开始给自己惹祸了，布雷特在自己陷入困境中，所充满新鲜感的声音会让读者冷峻不尽，你会对这为“二到无穷大的”懵懂少女在每次所犯下的失误时发出同情的感叹，并为她生活中可能遇到的最糟情况给予无形的支持和打气。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, March 3, 2008: "Forceful and heartwarming, this coming-of-age story examines what happens when old friends are outgrown and loved ones are no longer there to lean on."

About the Author/作者介绍： 玛丽亚•帕迪安(Maria Padian)是一位自由撰稿人，青少年小说散文作家。她的小说包括“布雷特•麦卡锡的成长烦恼”（此书曾入选美国图书协会2009年度最佳青少年读物，并赢得2009年缅因州作家和出版商联盟会2009年缅因州儿童文学奖项，以及缅因州图书馆协会鲁冰花荣誉奖）；“泽西西红柿是最好的”；和“莫名的出现”。
玛丽亚目前和家人定居于缅因州的不伦瑞克，作者最近正在酝酿她的最新一部小说。

Maria Padian has worked as a news reporter, an essayist for public radio, a press secretary for a U.S. congressman, and a freelance writer. An avid tennis player, gardener, skier, and hiker, she is also the mother of two teenagers, who provide countless inspirations and insights for her writing. A graduate of Middlebury College and the University of Virginia, she has also attended Oxford University and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. She lives with her children, her husband, and their Australian shepherd in Maine, where she is at work on a new novel. To learn more about her, visit www.mariapadian.com.

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