THE ALCHEMIST WAR
Book ID/图书代码： 11518014B74314
English Summary/英文概要： When their parents, two temporal researchers who travel through time to document history, are transferred to 16th-century Prague, Dawk and Hype hardly expect to find themselves in the middle of an alchemical mystery. In fact, the new, boring job is meant to be a punishment for Dawk and Hype’s bad behavior at their last temporal post. The two teenagers are from the 25th century—how could medieval Prague compare? But when they meet a man who claims he can turn metal into gold, Dawk and Hype find out that Prague holds deeper secrets.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 二个自由自在的25世纪孩子们无意间陷入了重重麻烦之中，而紧随其后的科学家父母们也一起卷入了各种各样的过去时代…
在这部奇幻系列小说的开篇，一场恶作剧般的玩笑将汉尼拔（公元前247～前183，迦太基名将、统帅）的战象们和陷入困境的法拉第和他的雇主-宇宙研究所里的老鼠们也卷入了其中。他们也因此受牵连而被送到了1648年的布拉格。教授斐迪南三世关于如何时尚地去穿戴鞋子。百无聊赖之际，Dawkins和Hypatia这对年少兄妹与Jan Richthausen不期而遇，一位能把水银变成金子的炼金术士，他使用的技术，要比法拉第家所发现的还要跟为先进。有人因为随意插手而陷入了危险之中。与其他绝大多数的尝试穿越故事的笔者有所不同，本书的作者赛文可谓另辟蹊径，他仔细考量了用（合理）可信的方法来诠释笔下故事人物的时间之旅，而没有导致前后的矛盾和或未来的灾难性改变。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况："Author Seven (A Rule Is to Break: A Child’s Guide to Anarchy) opens the Time-Tripping Faradays series with a fast-paced and entertaining novel that leaps from the Roman Empire to the 25th century before settling into 17th-century Prague ... readers should be drawn into the siblings’ comical misadventures as they investigate whether an alchemist is trying to pull a fast one over on the Holy Roman Emperor." - Publishers Weekly
"Two free-range 25th-century children get into and out of pickles while tagging along with their research-scientist parents to various past eras ... the author does propel Dawk, Hype and his other lively characters through a rousing multicentury chase that loops back around to close with tantalizing hints of adventures to come. A flying start for a series that puts in a strong bid for Magic Treehouse grads." - Kirkus
About the Author/作者介绍： 约翰•赛文是定居于马萨诸塞州西部的一位报刊编辑和作者。他的职业生涯起于90年代的独立漫画Very Vicky开始，从此他和妻子，童书插画家嘉娜•克里斯蒂开创了自己的一片天地。John Seven grew up in the 1970s, when science fiction movies and TV shows were cheap and fun. His favorites shows were The Starlost, Land of the Lost, and Return to the Planet of the Apes, and he loved time travel most of all. John collaborated with his wife, illustrator Jana Christy, on the comic book Very Vicky and a number of children’s books, including the multi-award-winning The Ocean Story, A Year With Friends, A Rule Is To Break: A Child’s Guide To Anarchy, and Happy Punks 1-2-3. John was born in Savannah, GA and currently lives in North Adams, MA with his wife and their twin sons, Harry and Hugo, where they all watch a lot of Doctor Who and Lost together.
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