A GIRL CALLED FEARLESS
Book ID/图书代码: 11518013B63822
English Summary/英文概要: *America: continent upended by the deaths of tens of millions of women from a synthetic hormone in meat. Now teen girls are the country’s most valuable commodity, watched over by guards, gates and Paternal Controls on phones, internet and media*17-year-old Avie knows her life is over when her father contracts her in marriage to millionaire businessman Jess Hawkins to raise money for his ailing biotech company. Destined to be moulded into Hawkins’s perfect First Lady as he runs for governor on the Paternalist ticket, Avie knows she has to get away - to save who she is and everything she wants her life to be.
Yates, Avie’s childhood friend turned revolutionary, knows Avie has what it takes to make it to freedom in Canada. But on a perilous flight from the mansions of Los Angeles and Malibu to the cover of an exclusive escort service in Las Vegas, Avie begins to learn dangerous truths about who really controls the US government. As her friendship with Yates turns to love, and pursued to the snowy Canadian border by government agents, she must discover whether she really is ‘a girl called fearless’…
Chinese Summary/中文概要: *美国:数千万死于合成激素的女性颠覆了大州。现在十几岁的女孩是全国最有价值的商品,被警卫和大门看守,被家长用互联网、手机和媒体控制。*
当父亲让她和百万富翁商人杰西·霍金斯结婚来为他陷入困境的生物技术公司筹集金钱时,17岁的的艾薇知道她的人生已经结束了。当霍金斯为竞选州长拉票,艾薇注定要被塑造成他完美的第一夫人时,她知道自己必须得逃跑了——去拯救原本的自己以及她希望在生活中出现的一切。
艾薇的童年朋友耶茨成为了革命者,知道让艾薇在加拿大自由需要做些什么。但是,当从洛杉矶和马里布豪宅出发的危机四伏的航班飞往有着独家三陪服务的拉斯维加斯时,艾薇开始了解谁真正控制着美国政府的危险真相。当她和耶茨友谊发酵成了爱情,被政府特工追击到了白雪皑皑的加拿大边境,她必须弄清楚她是否真的是“无所畏惧的女孩”……(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况:A Summer 2014 Kids Indie Next Pick“扣人心弦,令人难忘和痛心。一个普通的女孩在她争取自由的路途中变得不平凡。”——C.C.猎人,纽约时报畅销书《暗影瀑布系列》的作家
“令人屏息的文字,暗示的恐怖,林卡的登场不仅是一部惊悚片还是一个警告。”——珍妮弗·阿尔滨,《双线》的作者
“可怕的现实,禁忌的浪漫,为主角加油,《一个叫无所畏惧的女孩》十分吸引人。”——梅根·米兰达,《骨折》的作者
“gripping, memorable, and heartrending. An ordinary girl becomes extraordinary in her fight for freedom.” – C.C. Hunter, New York Times bestselling author of the Shadow Falls series
“Breathlessly written and terrifying in its implications, Linka’s debut is not only a thriller but a warning.”—Gennifer Albin, author of Crewel
“With a frightening reality, a forbidden romance, and a main character to root for, A Girl Called Fearless is a riveting read.”—Megan Miranda, author of Fracture
About the Author/作者介绍: 凯瑟琳·林卡是美国加州一位资深的儿童读物采购员。2009年,她被SCIBA书商授予格伦高盛奖学金。她还经营了一家审查书副本的青少年咨询委员会,还为优秀作家们举办了很多活动,并创办了名为“Writer 2 Writer”的演讲系列。《一个叫无所畏惧的女孩》是她的处女作。
Catherine Linka is a veteran children’s book buyer based in La Canada, California. In 2009 she was awarded the Glenn Goldman scholarship for booksellers from SCIBA. As well as hosting many events for leading authors and creating a speaker series called Writer2Writer, she also runs a teen-advisory board that reviews advance copies of books. A GIRL CALLED FEARLESS is her debut novel.
Format:HARDCOVER
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