AN ACT OF LOVE

Book ID/图书代码： 10000010B41859

English Summary/英文概要： Childhood friends Chris and Imran celebrate the Millenium as inseparable blood brothers, they are both seven years old. But by 2011 their lives have taken very different paths. One has joined the Army and served in Afghanistan, the other is a potential jihad recruit. They are no longer friends, and there are bitter wounds between them which remain unhealed. Will their childhood bond be strong enough to overcome an extremist plot? In a highly-charged, honest and life affirming story, told in flashback from both Chris and Imran’s viewpoint, Alan Gibbon’s cleverly explores the very real issue of terrorism that affects everyone today.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Alan Gibbons，青少年驚悚作家，十七年的童書寫作經驗。

作品好評如潮，獲獎無數，曾獲藍彼得圖書獎、萊斯特年度書刊、安格斯年度書刊、斯托克波特圖書獎、哈克尼短篇小說獎等其他獎項。作品已被譯為日語、德語、義大利語、法語、泰語、西班牙語、丹麥語、荷蘭語、瑞典語等多國語言。

著有暢銷書SHADOW OF THE MINOTAUR，風靡一時，青少年讀者至愛。THE LEGENDEER TRILOGY的三部曲也在青少年作品中被奉為經典。

克里斯（Chris）和意沐浪（Imran）这对发小情同手足，共同庆祝千禧年，那年他们7岁。时光荏苒，到2011年，他们已迈向各自的人生轨迹。一位是阿富汗驻军，另一位是潜力新秀。他们不再是朋友，心中的伤尚未愈合。他们还能重修旧好与否？作者从克里斯两人的视角分别阐述彼此真实的想法，犀利闪亮，点出了恐怖主义带来的备受争议之影响。（Claire)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Alan Gibbons is a full-time writer and a visiting speaker and lecturer at schools, colleges and literary events nationwide, including the major book festivals. He lives in Liverpool with his wife and four children.
阿倫•吉本斯（Alan Gibbons），是一位全職作家，並擔任全國許多學校，學院以及文學活動的訪問發言人兼講師，包括主流書展，愛丁堡大學，北部兒童書展，斯旺西大學，於橋汀汗學院，謝菲爾德大學和斯坦福大學，現今他與妻子和四個孩子住在利物浦。

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