SEEING RED
Book ID/图书代码： 14320214B75656
English Summary/英文概要： Life will never be the same for Red Porter. He’s a kid growing up around black car grease, white fence paint, and the backward attitudes of the folks who live in his hometown: Stony Gap, Virginia. And when Red’s daddy dies, he’s left with his younger brother, his mama, and some hard decisions. With their money dwindling, Red does everything he can to keep the family business - a gas station, repair shop and convenience store - afloat. But when he uncovers some of the racial injustices that have been happening in Stony Gap since before he was born, Red is faced with unsettling questions about the legacy behind his family’s shop, and everything he’s fighting for...And through his friendships with some unlikely characters, Red starts to see there’s a whole lot more than car motors and rusty fenders that need fixing in his world. This is a new title from American National Book Award-winning author, Kathy Erskine (Mockingbird). This is a thought-provoking historical fiction tackling the important themes of race and responsibility in 70s America, but with elements that resonate on a wider scale. It has strong appeal for book clubs.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一个男孩面对这小镇居民们对他的偏见，在无法抹去的过往痕迹下，是否能改变自己的未来…
自挚爱的父亲离世后，雷德努力阻止自己的母亲变卖房子和家里的一切，甚至不惜与镇上的郡治安官对峙。与母亲和小弟的间隙，让他更加思念自己的父亲。罗茜不会告诉他和自己和托马斯的事情，比雷达大2岁的这个美国黑人，要比雷德这个大男孩来得成熟些。看来只有雷德的老师博和乔治娅小姐理解雷德的心思，1972年的南方小镇，人们的偏见和风言风语萦绕着他们。这是雷德一直想要矫枉过正，改变未来的时候了。(Sandy)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 凯瑟琳•厄斯金
身为美国弗吉尼亚州的居民，凯瑟琳对2007年发生在弗吉尼亚理工大学的枪击事件极为震惊。悲剧发生之后，凯瑟琳不得不试着去了解小区和家庭—— 尤其是拥有特殊儿童的家庭—— 如何应付暴力事件，以及我们若能更了解彼此，生活会因之而如何不同。创作《留下来的孩子》、诉说凯特林这个亚斯伯格症女孩的故事时，她走入了自身的脆弱世界里，而且像凯特林一样，给予我们「又好又壮又漂亮」的事物。
在投入最爱的写作工作之前，凯瑟琳担任律师长达十五年。她的第一本小说《颤抖》（Quaking）一出版，即荣获美国青年图书馆服务协会（YALSA）的「给不愿阅读的青少年读者之十大精选」（Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers）之一。目前她和丈夫、两个孩子和小狗麦克辛住在一起。
Kathryn Erskine spent many years as a lawyer before realizing that she’d rather write things that people might actually enjoy reading. She grew up mostly overseas and attended eight different schools, her favorite being the Hogwarts-type castle in Scotland. The faculty, of course, did not consist of wizards, although . . . how did the headmistress know that it was "the wee redhead" who led the campaign to free the mice from the biology lab? Erskine draws on her life stories to write her novels including Quaking, an ALA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, Mockingbird, 2010 American National Book Award winner, The Absolute Value of Mike, a Crystal Kite award winner, and the upcoming Facing Freedom (Fall 2013).
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