THE TYRANT’S DAUGHTER (OLD TITLE: KING OF NOWHERE)
Book ID/图书代码： 06840013B60316
English Summary/英文概要： Fifteen-year-old Laila’s life has been turned upside down following her family’s exile from their home country. Resilient to the core, however, Laila refuses to languish in her new surroundings. Even when that means that her life is now defined more by sustenance than the luxury of days past. Even when her eight-year-old brother, Bastien, is being groomed to take over a leadership position that he can’t possibly understand, much less survive. Even when her mother refuses to let go of the past—preferring to live in a make-believe world of faux-aristocracy to the more mundane reality of their present circumstances. Laila is forced to straddle two worlds alone as she struggles to reconcile her new life as a political refugee in suburban America with her family’s lofty and brutal history. In the process, she discovers that allies and enemies are often hard to differentiate, particularly when emotions become part of the mix.
Written in a beautiful, spare style, KING OF NOWHERE is a coming-of-age novel set in extreme circumstances. The story was inspired by the author’s extensive travels through war zones, while the characters are based on the families of former dictatorial Arab leaders whom the author met.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当十五岁的莱拉和家人们被驱逐出故土，她的生活发生了天翻地覆的变化。然而她坚韧的本性注定她不会屈服于新的陌生环境。即便对她而言，曾经的奢侈早已不在，生活现已受物质状况所左右；即便她八岁的弟弟注定要接任一个他无法理解的领导权，且更不用说他极有可能将因此丧命；即便母亲不愿抛开过去，宁愿陶醉在自己假想的贵族生活中，也不愿接受当下真实的现实生活。
莱拉不得不生活在两个世界之间，努力的想要平衡好自己在美国郊外的作为政治难民的新生活和家族高贵且凶残的历史背景。在这一过程中，她逐渐发现有时候所谓的盟友和敌人其实很难区分辨别，尤其是当个人情感掺杂其中时。
《乌有王》讲述了一段发生在极度恶劣情势下的成长故事，文风唯美却又不失淳朴。作者游历战地的丰富经历启发她创作了本书，而书中的人物原型则是她曾遇到的前阿拉伯独裁领袖一家。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has nominated The Tyrant’s Daughter for their 2015 Best Fiction for Young Adults Award!School Library Journal just named The Tyrants’ Daughter to their recommended Summer Reading List!
The Tyrant’s Daughter was selected by Amazon.com for the coveted position of "Amazon Best of the Month" in the teen category!
Goodreads featured the book on their YA Movers & Shakers list, specifically comprised of titles that had been racing up their popularity charts!
Book Riot named it to their 2014 YA Fiction Preview, comprised of hot new books to read in 2014!
National Public Radio (NPR) highly recommended the novel, saying in their review, “Although it was written for teens, The Tyrant’s Daughter is an eye-opening and insightful short novel that has something to say to readers of all ages.”
Teen magazine Justine Magazine heaped praise on the book in both their print and online reviews. In the print edition, they said of the novel, "Some books are entertaining, some books are eye opening, but it’s a special book that’s both."
Kirkus named The Tyrant’s Daughter to its Best Teen Books of 2014 list, calling this YA about a girl whose family relocates to the US after her father is killed in a coup "smart, relevant, required reading."
Amazon also named it to its Best Books of the Year: Teen and Young Adult list!
About the Author/作者介绍： 朱莉•波尔波毕业于康奈尔大学。在为了事业而游遍全球后，她决定定居后从事写作一职。其第一部青少年小说THE WEDNESDAYS已于2012年八月由Random House Books出版发行。Julie Bourbeau graduated from Cornell University. After traveling across the globe for her career for years, she determined that when she settled down she wanted to become a writer. Her first book, a middle grade called THE WEDNESDAYS, was published by Random House Books for Young Readers in August 2012.
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