REFUGE
Book ID/图书代码： 06001013B62866
English Summary/英文概要： REFUGE centres around a 14‐year‐old male Afghan who spent much of his life in Pakistan refugee camps before making the voyage from Indonesia to Australia. As the boat crashes against the rocks of Christmas Island he loses consciousness and awakes to find himself in the life he has always dreamed of in Australia, but with no memory of how he got there: not unusual, says his doctor father.
As it is the school holidays he becomes one of a gang of kids who roam the beach, led by an older boy, although he slowly realises that the true power is wielded by ten year old Susanna ‐ who has been ten years old for twenty years.
Each of the children in the gang has come to Australia as a place of hope or refuge and they represent the times and places of Australia’s greatest migrations. Their life is everything they have dreamed of, from the wonderful House of Women for Chinese Tien Ling to Irish Dairmid’s farm, Luis’s fishing boat, the library that goes on forever, and the musical concerts for German David Goldberg.
Slowly our Afghan boy realises that each day he can make the choice: to stay in the dream or walk through the door on the beach, or to go back to the sea and the rocks and accept real life instead.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《庇护地》讲述了一名14岁阿富汗少年的故事，在踏上从印度尼西亚到澳大利亚的旅程之前，少年一直生活在巴基斯坦的难民营中。然而随着船体在圣诞岛的触礁，少年也随之失去了意识，醒来后他竟发现自己不仅身处澳大利亚本土，更是过上了一直以来梦寐以求的生活，唯一的疑惑便是他对于这一过程毫无记忆：而他的主治医生则告诉他，这再寻常不过了。
假期时光中，少年成为了一个孩童小群体里的一员，一名较大的孩子领着他们整日漫步海滩，少年很快发现，真正的权利实则被10岁的苏珊娜操纵手中----而苏珊娜20年来从未长大。
小群体里的每一个孩子都曾慕名而来，在他们心中，澳大利亚既是庇护之地，亦是希望之地，他们的选择是澳史上最伟大的移民时期和地点的象征。他们享受着梦寐以求的美好生活：中国人田林的梦想之家，爱尔兰人戴尔米德的农场，刘易斯的渔船，永不闭馆的图书馆以及德国人大卫•哥德伯格的音乐会。
我们的主人公逐渐意识到，其实每一天自己都可以做出选择:是留在梦中还是穿越海滩上的那道门，抑或者回归海岸礁石，接受所谓的现实生活？(DC)
Awards/获奖情况：‘Jackie French’s brisk and striking book delivers a potent blow in favour of the country we should want Australia to become…’– The Sydney Morning Herald
‘A prolific Australian writer’s most important work of fiction yet. French treats her characters sensitively and has crafted an inventive, progressive work of fiction which is sure to have a powerful impact on young and old readers alike.’– The West Australian
Her considerable imagination and passion for history spills to overflowing in this astonishing, fictionalised tale that has been woven together from the threads of both real history, family history and the author’s own life experiences.’– Kids’ Book Review
About the Author/作者介绍： Jackie French is a full-time writer who lives near Braidwood in the Araluen Valley, NSW. In 2000, Hitler’s Daughter was awarded the CBC Younger Readers’ Award. To the Moon and Back won the Eve Pownall Award in 2005. Macbeth and Son, and Josephine Wants to Dance were both shortlisted for the 2007 CBC Awards. In 2013 her book Pennies for Hitler won the Young People’s History Prize in the 2013 NSW Premier’s History Awards .
In 2014 she was named Australia Children’s Laureate for 2014-2015.
In 2015 she was named Senior Australian of Year.
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