THE GLASS COLLECTOR

Book ID/图书代码： 06580110B35884

English Summary/英文概要： A contemporary, edgy story set amongst the Zabbaleen, a rubbish recycling community in Cairo, the story is a testament to the power of humility, love and support in the cruelest of circumstances.

Fighting a war against greed, poverty and exploitation, 15 year old Aaron scrambles to pick out broken glass from the mounds of debris littering the streets of the city. Finding it increasingly impossible to live with his inherited stepfamily, the only pleasant side to his hard life is emptying the rubbish from the perfume shop where plain glass is replaced by glorious pink, purple and gold hued shades that endlessly entice him. However, with change beginning to creep into the Zabbaleen, Aaron’s circumstances become steadily more difficult and increasingly dangerous. Will he be able to find the strength to not only change his own life, but to change the lives of those he loves too?

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 不願與繼父母一家同住的阿倫，人生中唯一的喜悅是清空香水店的垃圾堆...

這個故事發生在現代埃及開羅一個叫紮巴里（Zabbaleen）的地方，那裏是一個垃圾回收社區。15歲的阿倫（Aaron）一面從城市街頭垃圾堆中挑選碎玻璃，一面與貪婪、貧窮、剝削抗爭。
不願與繼父母一家同住的阿倫，人生中唯一的喜悅是香水店的垃圾堆。
在香水店裏，他被那些裝有粉紅、紫色、暈黃色的玻璃深深吸引。
然而，隨著紮巴里社區的變化，阿倫的生活越來越艱難，甚至充滿危險。他是否有辦法挽救自己的人生，以及他所深愛的人的人生…
這個故事見證謙遜、愛與支持在最殘酷的環境下的力量…(XJJ & Kate Cheng)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Anna Perera has been a part time chambermaid, waitress, postmistress - anything to bring in cash when she was growing up twenty miles from London before training as a teacher. She later taught English in two London secondary schools before running a unit for teenage boys excluded from mainstream school.
After completing an MA in Writing for Children, she has had five books published including the critical and commercial success, Guantanamo Boy which was short listed for the 2009 Costa Children’s Book Award and long listed for the 2010 CILIP Carnegie Medal.
Anna Perera生於倫敦，曾在倫敦擔任國中英文老師，之後擔任青少年組織負責人─這個組織專門幫助被學校開除的孩子。她擁有溫徹斯特大學兒童寫作碩士學位，曾出版4本童書。她丈夫是英國搖滾樂隊《恐怖海峽（Dire straits）》的成員David Knopfler。http://www.annaperera.com/index.php

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