BOG CHILD
Book ID/图书代码： 12730509B30978
English Summary/英文概要： DIGGING FOR PEAT in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds the body of a child, and it looks like she’s been murdered. As Fergus tries to make sense of the mad world around him—his brother on hunger-strike in prison, his growing feelings for Cora, his parents arguing over the Troubles, and him in it up to the neck, blackmailed into acting as courier to God knows what—a little voice comes to him in his dreams, and the mystery of the bog child unfurls.
Bog Child is an astonishing novel exploring the sacrifices made in the name of peace, and the unflinching strength of the human spirit.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在1980年代的愛爾蘭，16歲的Fergus生活充滿超乎他所能想像麻煩。他從事軍職的哥哥Joe因為牽扯入北愛爾蘭軍的問題被關進監獄中，為表示抗爭而進行絕食，父母因過渡擔心導致健康出了問題；而他自己的困擾則是要通過兩項考試，一個駕駛執照另一個是大學的入學考試，有了駕照後並通過入學測驗後，他便可以離開這些成人世界的麻煩（北愛爾蘭問題）到蘇格蘭去…
Fergus常和叔叔Tally從北愛爾蘭越過邊界到南部非法挖掘煤礦，在某次挖掘的過程中意外在沼澤中發現一個小女孩的屍體，Fergus原本心想女孩可能是遭北愛爾蘭共和軍IRA所殺害，但經過考古學家的證實後，才發現這女孩Mel是西元80年左右的人，這驚人的發現也開始讓Fergus對Mel的身世及遭遇感到好奇，究竟是什麼原因而喪命？是愛情還是因為和平？而Fergus自己也在心中萌出對於考古學家的女兒Cora愛戀的種子。
作者以一個青少年主角的角度帶領讀者進入複雜的愛爾蘭政治衝突歷史中，探討所謂跨時代的光榮犧牲、人性的弱點、愛情、死亡及夢想間令人窒息生命節奏。(Vincent)
Awards/获奖情况：- Winner of the Carnegie Award 2009卡內基文學獎
- Winner of the CBI Bisto Book of the Year Award 2009愛爾蘭年度最佳小說獎
- Winner of The Edgar Allen Poe Awards 2009愛倫坡獎
- Winner of the US Cooperative Children’s Book Centre’s annual best-of-the-year list美國兒童文學協會中心年度最佳好書名單
- John Boyne chose Bog Child as one of his recommended reads on RTE Radio 1’s Marian Finucane Show on 25.04.09
- Shortlisted for The Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2008
- Shortlisted for the 2009 UKLA Children’s Book Award英國知識技能協會最佳童書奬
- Longlisted for the 2009 Manchester Book Award
- A 2008 Amazon Top 100 Editors’ Pick
- A 2008 Amazon Top 10 Editors’ Pick – Teen Category
- A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of 2008
- A 2008 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
- shortlisted for the Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2009 - Longer Novel Category Reviews:
‘Beautifully described in Dowd’s lucid, intense prose...tremendous fun to read.’---Times Online Children’s Books February 2008
‘Bog Child is a radiant work, written by a novelist of subtle and complex literary gifts at the height of her powers.’---Saturday Guardian Review March 2008
‘A novel set to win awards’---The Observer Review March 2008
‘The work of an outstanding writer’---Sunday Times January 2008
‘A stunningly good book... without doubt, her best yet’---Books for Keeps No.169 March 2008
‘Bog Child sparkles with optimism and a deep passion for living’---Guardian Review March 2008
‘Dowd’s lightness of touch allows humour and poignancy to shine through’---The Sunday Telegraph March 2008
"[A] painful and moving read."---Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, July 15, 2008
"This compelling read is lyrically written and contains authentic dialogue and challenging and involving moral issues."---Starred Review, School Library Journal, August 2008
"A strong story that is rich in language, setting, and theme."---Starred Review, Booklist, August 1, 2008
“Dowd raises questions about moral choices within a compelling plot that is full of surprises.”---Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, July 28, 2008
Every note rings true in Siobhan Dowd’s radiant tale of politics and love, Bog Child, Meg Rosof---（卡內基奬得主梅格‧羅瑟夫，著有《我現在如何生活》（How I Live Now）
About the Author/作者介绍： Siobhan Dowd，先前與丈夫居住在牛津，2007年時因癌症病逝，享年47歲。她是一位非常獨特的作家，在生前所創一個專提供弱勢家庭的少年閱讀機會及支持寫作技巧的信託基金會The Siobhan Dowd Trust。第一部小說，A Swift Pure Cry獲得Branford Boase Award布蘭福博斯獎和Eilis Dillon Award並被提名卡內基獎和青少年圖書基金會獎，第二部小說The London Eye Mystery，榮獲2007年度NASEN & TES特殊兒童教育需求獎（NASEN & TES Special Educational Needs Children’s Book Award），她的第三部小說Bog Child更獲選為2009卡內基文學獎。
Siobhan Dowd lived in Oxford with her husband, Geoff, before tragically dying from cancer in August 2007, aged 47. She was both an extraordinary writer and an extraordinary person.
Siobhan’s first novel, A Swift Pure Cry, won the Branford Boase Award and the Eilis Dillon Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and Booktrust Teenage Prize. Her second novel, The London Eye Mystery, won the 2007 NASEN & TES Special Educational Needs Children’s Book Award. In March 2008, the book was shortlisted for the prestigious Children’s Books Ireland Bisto Awards. Siobhan was also named as one of Waterstone’s twenty five British writers for the future.
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