THE GIRL SAVAGE (UK TITLE: CARTWHEELING IN THUNDERSTORMS)

Book ID/图书代码： 11701210B35640

English Summary/英文概要： Formerly known as THE MADCAP GIRLS, this is the stunning debut novel by Katherine Rundell, a brilliant 22 year old who is currently a Fellow at All Souls in Oxford. Partly autobiographical, it tells the story of a young girl Wilhelmina, whose sunlit childhood running wild with the horse boys on a Zimbabwean farm is brought abruptly to an end with the death of her much loved father. Thereafter she finds herself within the confines of a cold and unfriendly English boarding school, where her brittle and polished fellow students are horrified by her savage ways. No longer able to bear the misery and isolation, she escapes to the city, where she finds a kindred spirit in an unlikely place.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《野女孩》是22岁的年轻作家Katherine Rundell的最新作品。其中的部分来自于她的亲身经历：小女孩Wilhelmina居住在津巴布韦的一个农场，她在那过着无拘无束的生活，每天与那些骑马的男孩子们嬉戏玩乐，像大自然中一匹桀骜不驯的小马。然而噩耗传来，随着她最爱的父亲的突然去世，Wilhelmina不得不生活在一所寄宿学校。在学校中，她每天都要忍受敌意的目光与欺凌，终于有一天，Wilhelmina不堪忍受痛苦，她逃到了一所城市，也终于找到了属于自己的一片天地。(RH)

Awards/获奖情况：这本小说大约4.5万字，德语版权已售于Katja Maatsch和Barbara Koenig of Carlsen。

Approx. 45,000 words；Sold German rights in Kate Rundell’s stunning literary debut for a good five figure sum to Katja Maatsch and Barbara Koenig of Carlsen, with the underbidders DTV and Hanser.

Gr 4–6—Twelve-year-old Wilhelmina Silver—aka Will, Wildcat, Madman, Cartwheel—has what she considers to be an idyllic life. Since her mother’s death when she was five, she has been "raised" on a remote farm in Zimbabwe by her father, the farm foreman. She has been free to explore and run like the wind; ride bareback on her horse, Shumba; and has a pet monkey to keep her company. She is at home in the bush and sleeps in trees, if necessary, and routinely steals fruit and sets fires with her best friend Simon and the rest of the farm boys. She’s a good reader and keen observer, but her formal education has been sketchy at best. The things she knows to be true are not easily quantified or necessarily valued. When her father dies, she is left in the care of Captain Browne, the kindly farm owner, and his scheming and manipulative new wife. When it is announced that the farm is to be sold and Will is to be sent to a private school in England, the girl’s golden world is shattered. Leaving behind all that she has known and loves and adjusting to a cold, inhospitable climate is just part of her challenge. She has always been a quick study and a fierce competitor and there is no place for her to shine in the snooty, highly regimented school. Driven by desperation and the girls’ cruelty, Will runs away and has to work out for herself what is real, valuable, and true. Rundell’s vivid and compelling prose brings both worlds to life on a visceral level and propels her characters forward. Readers will be engaged by Will’s voice (and her colorful linguistic twists), ache for her through her sorrow and loss, and celebrate her newly sparked confidence and resolve. Warning: there will be cartwheels!—Luann Toth, School Library Journal

2015 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winnershttp://www.slj.com/2015/05/industry-news/2015-boston-globe-horn-book-award-winners/#_

About the Author/作者介绍： Katherine Rundell is the author of Rooftoppers, Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner), and The Wolf Wilder. She grew up in Zimbabwe, Brussels, and London, and is currently a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. She begins each day with a cartwheel and believes that reading is almost exactly the same as cartwheeling: it turns the world upside down and leaves you breathless. In her spare time, she enjoys walking on tightropes and trespassing on the rooftops of Oxford colleges.

Format:电子手稿

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)

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