WE CAN BE HEROES (THE 9/11 BOY)
Book ID/图书代码： 11712008B29552
English Summary/英文概要： A wonderfully heart-warming and thought provoking read which explores what it means for kids of all different ethnic backgrounds to grow up in post 9/11 Britain.
Seen through the eyes of ten year old Ben, the 9/11 Boy of the title, “This is not a story about 9/11. This is a story about the summer that my mum went away; the summer that me and Jed and Priti tried to catch a suicide bomber and prevent an honour killing; the summer that Stevie Sanders disappeared and we caused a race riot. This is a story about how we built a tree house and joined the bomb squad; how I found my dad and Jed lost his; and how we both lost our mums then found them again. This is not a story about 9/11, but none of the things in this story would have happened if it hadn’t been for what happened in New York on 11th September 2001.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 911事件倖存者：經歷這一天讓我重新思考人生用平靜的語氣回憶起10年前與死神擦肩而過的噩夢般的經歷。仿佛命中註定一般，如果不是陰差陽錯，人生將是另一個場景。
源源不斷的提名！這次，是雷德布裡奇兒童圖書獎！
這是一部動人的，有趣的，賦予激情的小說。而最重要的是…這部作品如同Frank Cottrell Boyce（弗蘭克• 科特雷爾 博伊斯）的《Millions》（百萬小寶貝/2005年出版）一樣的讓人感到具有意外的震撼力。我的父親在紐約 9/11 襲擊事件中身亡。但在這本書講述的不是那件事。他要敘述的是，有關我母親今年夏天的離逝。我和Jed（傑德）， Priti （皮裡特）在這個夏天設法捕獲了一名人體炸彈襲擊者，並阻止了這場所謂的榮譽式的自殺性襲擊事件發生。書中還敘述了我們如何建造樹屋，加入防爆小組；我是如何發現我的父親的，傑德是如何走失的；以及我們同時失去了自己的母親之後又是如何再次找到她們的。所以這不是真的一部講述關於9/11事件的小說，但話說回來，如果沒有那一天發生的這些事情。我猜想那將是另一幅場景，某種程度上... (Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：* Nominated for the Redbridge Children’s Book Award.
* Nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
* The author has been shortlisted for The Centurion Award - a local Bath award, chosen by teens. The winner will be announced in Spring 2012.
http://thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=We_Can_Be_Heroes_by_Catherine_Bruton
And this will appear in Books for Keeps:
Catherine Bruton’s We Can Be Heroes is an astonishing, inventive, almost playful treatment of a blizzard of issues: honour killing, terrorism, far right extremism, racism, forced marriage, a race riot, a child disappearance. It is a mark of the author’s skill that they never become a morass of issues. They never overwhelm the story. The protagonist Ben’s father was killed in the 9/11 attacks. He meets Priti, a Muslim girl with a Hindu name. Employing a faux naïf tone, Bruton tells a big story with astonishing gusto and control. It is structured around a series of questions posed by Ben at the end of each section, reflecting on what has happened. In a way Bruton uses some of the techniques you might expect from a Paula Danziger or a Louise Rennison to frame her responses to a frightening world. I felt there was occasional inconsistency in the narrative voice, but that is a very minor criticism. This is a book that deals with serious issues in an endearing, humorous way. It is a remarkable piece of work.
More lovely review coverage for Catherine Bruton’s novel to be found at the following:
http://www.uk-book-tours.blogspot.com/
http://daisychainbookreviews.blogspot.com/2011/08/book-review-we-can-be-heroes-by.html
http://weartheoldcoat.blogspot.com/2011/08/we-can-be-heroes-catherine-bruton.html#more
http://www2.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/leisure_and_libraries/libraries/schools_library_service/childrens_book_award/longlist.aspx
Just a very quick line to post a lovely review on the Booktrust website:
http://www.booktrustchildrensbooks.org.uk/show/book/search/We-Can-Be-Heroes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/2013/feb/23/review-we-can-be-heroes-catherine-bruton
Above is a fabulous review for the film of Catherine Bruton’s novel, We Can Be Heroes...
http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2017/06/eiff-we-can-be-heroes-2017-97-mins/
About the Author/作者介绍： 從牛津大學畢業後Catherine Bruto（凱薩琳• 布魯頓）作為一名英語教師開始了她的職業生涯，隨後她為《The Times》（泰晤士報）和其他一些出版社撰寫就幾篇專題文章。當她在非洲的一所學校從事教學，在工作中收到孩子們和當地文化氛圍的啟發，開始了撰寫小說。她一直在從事教學，而她的學生仍然是她主要的靈感來源之一。《We Can Be Heroes》（我們會是英雄）是她為Egmont（埃格蒙特）撰寫的第一部小說。凱薩琳和她的丈夫和兩個小的孩子住在Bath（巴斯附近/英國城市）。
After graduating from the University of Oxford, Catherine Bruton began her career as an English teacher and later went on to write feature articles for The Times, among other publications. She started writing fiction while teaching at a school in Africa, inspired by the children she was working with, and the culture that surrounded her. She still teaches, and her pupils continue to be one of her main sources of inspiration. We Can Be Heroes is her first novel for Egmont. Catherine lives near Bath with her husband and two small children.
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