SILENT
Book ID/图书代码： 12870013B61365
English Summary/英文概要： Thirteen year old Jo’s life revolves around her eccentric and mentally fragile mother. When she volunteers to help Chris, a boy with special needs who cannot speak, there is no hint that he ‘gets’ what’s going on around him. Jo spills out all her outrage, anguish and secret thoughts to young Chris, and strangely, the more she talks the more he seems to listen. Silent.
As the friendship develops, Jo discovers that behind Chris’ lopsided grin and gigantic blue wheelchair is a quirky sense of humour and a secret. Jo devises a crude system for spelling out words but she hits a wall of resistance when she tries to acquire the expensive specialist computers Chris needs. Jo explodes in frustration and ‘kidnaps’ Chris – she figures she can look after him better than the professionals, a decision that could end in tragedy.
This is the story of how an unusual friendship between two young people unlocks the words neither knew they had.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 13岁的乔整个生活都围绕着她古怪且精神脆弱的母亲。而克里斯则是一名有着特殊需要的男孩子---他不能说话；当乔自愿帮助他时，没有任何迹象表明他将掌控周遭的一切。乔向年轻的克里斯倾吐了自己所有的愤怒、痛苦以及隐秘的想法，奇怪的是她向克里斯倾诉的越多，克里斯越是静静的聆听。
随着两人间友情的不断发展，乔发现在克里斯撇嘴浅笑的笑容和他巨大蓝色轮椅的背后隐藏着的是古怪的幽默感和秘密。乔设计出一种系统，可以帮助克里斯拼出他想表达的单词，然而当她试图获得支撑这一发明的昂贵专业级电脑时，她受到了阻力。乔被沮丧所淹没，郁结之下她“绑架”了克里斯---假想比起所谓的专业人士，自己更能照顾好克里斯，而这一决定是福是祸，谁也无从知晓。
这是一段不寻常的友情故事，两个年轻人就这样进入了一个他们谁也不熟知的文字世界。(DC)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 金伯利•胡德从小在英国、哥伦比亚和加拿大长大。在获得自己的心理学、历史及教育学位后，胡德游历了数个国家，最终定居爱尔兰西海岸。她在教育、理疗以及社区服务等领域所获得的丰富的工作经验为她提供了机会----可以观察一个充满着各种有趣人物角色的世界；观察之余，她通常会将心得记录纸上。胡德总是努力理解生活在社会边缘的人们，并致力于从他们的视角去理解生活。
《聆听》是其的第一部小说作品。
Kimberly Hood grew up in British Columbia, Canada. After earning degrees in psychology, history and education, she wandered through a few countries before making the west coast of Ireland home.
Her eclectic work experience in education, therapy and community services has presented endless opportunity to observe a world of interesting characters, and usually entailed lots of writing. She has always had a passion for trying to understand life from the perspective of those on the fringes of society.
Silent is Kimberly’s first novel.
Format:电子手稿
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