STORMCLOUDS: NEW FRIENDS. OLD DIFFERENCES
Book ID/图书代码： 12870013B64625
English Summary/英文概要： Big changes are coming to late-Sixties Belfast. At first life seems normal for Sammy and Maeve, two children from the opposing republican and loyalist communities. Sammy tries to avoid trouble with his unemployed father, while Maeve has lived with her aunt and uncle since her mother’s death. When twins Dylan and Emma Goldman move from Washington to Belfast they strike up friendships with Maeve and Sammy. Gradually the nationalist girl and loyalist boy overcome their suspicions of each other, and all four children become friends. But even as they have fun at local sports clubs, attend the Goldman’s barbeques, and secretly make their own radio programmes, they can’t ignore the trouble that is slowing gripping the country. And when the simmering tensions in Northern Ireland erupt into violence it threatens not just their friendships - but their very lives.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 六十年代末的贝尔法斯特正面临巨大变化。起初，对山米和玛芙这两个来自反对共和党和支持执政党的家庭的孩子来说，生活似乎一如往常。山米尽量不给失业的父亲添麻烦。而玛芙自母亲过世以后就和叔叔婶婶一起住。当双胞胎迪兰和艾玛从华盛顿搬来，他们就和山米、玛芙成了朋友。渐渐地，国民党家庭的女孩和执政党家庭的男孩克服了对彼此的怀疑，四个孩子成了真正的好朋友。但是，即便他们在当地的运动俱乐部玩得很开心，参加烧烤派对或者秘密地制作自己的电台节目，他们不能否认灾难正在席卷整个国家。局势随时有变，到那时不仅仅是他们的友情，连他们的生命也会受到威胁。(XJJ)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 布莱恩•盖勒（Brian Gallagher）全职作家，生于都柏林。他的戏剧、短篇小说在爱尔兰、英国和加拿大一带很有名气。他也曾在电台和电视台干过，写过许多剧本和纪录片。他还和作曲家Shaun Purcell 有过合作。他最近的一次出场是为了他创作和谱词的音乐剧《罐头里的威士忌》（Whiskey in the Jar）。他为成人创作的小说也获得了广泛的好评。最近，他将精力集中在为大点的孩子创作历史科幻类的小说。目前，他在筹备新书。他的爱好很广泛，除了写作，还爱旅行、网球、音乐、登山。他和家人住在都柏林。
Brian Gallagher was born in Dublin. He is a full-time writer whose plays and short stories have been produced in Ireland, Britain and Canada. He has worked extensively in radio and television, writing many dramas and documentaries. He collaborated with composer Shaun Purcell on the musical, Larkin, for which he wrote the book and lyrics, and on Winds of Change for RTE’s Lyric FM. His latest show is Whiskey in the Jar, a musical for which he wrote the book and lyrics, with music by Dave ’Doc’ O’Connor. His adult novels Invincible, Flight, Payback and Pursuit have won widespread praise, and in more recent times he has concentrated on historical fiction for older children, writing the novels Across the Divide, Taking Sides, Secrets and Shadows and Storm Clouds. He is currently working on a new novel. Outside of writing his interests include travel, tennis, music and hill walking. He lives with his family in Dublin.
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