SIEGE
Book ID/图书代码： 04300012B57872
English Summary/英文概要： Leah Jackson - in detention. Then armed Year 9s burst in, shooting. She escapes, just. But the new Lock Down system for keeping intruders out is now locking everyone in. She takes to the ceilings and air vents with another student, Anton, and manages to use her mobile to call out to the world.
First: survive the gang - the so-called ’Eternal Knights’. Second: rescue other kids taken hostage, and one urgently needing medical help. Outside, parents gather, the army want intelligence, television cameras roll, psychologists give opinions, sociologists rationalise, doctors advise - and they all want a piece of Leah. Soon her phone battery is running out; the SAS want her to reconnoitre the hostage area ...
But she is guarding a terrifying conviction. Her brother, Connor, is at the centre of this horror. Is he with the Eternal Knights or just a pawn? She remembers. All those times Connor reached out for help ... If she’d listened, voiced her fears about him earlier, would things be different now? Should she give up her brother?
With only Anton for company, surviving by wits alone, Leah wrestles with the terrible choices ...
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 放学后，利娅•杰克森被罚留校。很快一群武装着的9年级学生冲了进来。她险险逃开一劫。然而原本旨在将入侵者所在外面的中控锁系统如今却将所有的人锁在了里面。利娅和另一名学生安顿一起爬到了天花板上的通风口旁，试图用手机和外界取得联系。
第一步：从帮派“永恒骑士”的手中活下来。
第二步：解救其他被作为人质扣押的学生，其中一名甚至急需医疗救助。学校外聚集了许多家长，武装部队正等待指示，摄像机闪个不停，心理学家们正发表着他们的看法，社会学家们试图对此做出合理的解释，医生们也不停的提出建议----他们都指望着利娅能够传来一些讯息。利娅的手机电池很快便将耗尽，而此时特种航空队员还希望她能够侦察人质被困处的结构与情况。。。。。。谁也不知道的是，利娅此时心中满怀悔恨，因为她的弟弟康纳正身陷恐怖危机的中心。不知他现在是和“永恒骑士”们在一起还是只是一名普通的人质？她回想之前康纳求救时，她如果当时仔细辨别声音来源，早些找到他，是否一切就会有所不同？她是否应该放弃弟弟？仅和安顿一起，凭借智慧获得两人幸存的机会？利娅的内心深处可怕而激烈地斗争着。。。。。。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：“《围困》作为一部反乌托邦式幻灭题材的作品，更多的讲述着有关暴力和人们对其的反应---从个人角度和社会层面两方面进行观察。本书同样对于我们自己的成长之路发出警示。全书节奏感强烈，气氛紧绷，带给读者以强烈的震撼。但与此同时，我发现本书极具真实感，并能够对人产生巨大的影响力。我希望这样的一部作品能够在全国各地的课堂里得到正视并被热烈讨论。”书评全文详见以下地址：http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Siege_by_Sarah_Mussi
“It has a dystopian setting, but Siege is more about violence and our reactions to it - both personal and societal. It’s also a warning about the path we find ourselves on. It’s a fast-paced, tense and shocking read and it’s very violent. But I found it truthful. And tremendously affecting. I’d like to see it talked about in classroom discussions up and down the country.”You can read the review in full here: http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Siege_by_Sarah_Mussi
About the Author/作者介绍： 莎拉•慕斯曾于加纳居住多年，并嫁给了一名加纳人，作者现居英国，并在一家学校担任老师。莎拉曾著有三部作品，其中Door of No Return为其赢得了2007年度Glen Dimplex新人奖之儿童文学奖。Sarah Mussi lived in Ghana for many years. Married to a Ghanaian, she currently lives in England and works as a school teacher. The author of three previous books, her Door of No Return won the Glen Dimplex New Writer’s award for children’s literature in 2007.
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