小說/散文

Warden's Daughter
出版社： Random House, Inc. (International Division)
書林書號：
20212636
作者：
Spinelli, Jerry
定價：
350
會員價：
$298
ISBN：
9781524719241
出版年份：
2017
裝訂：
平裝
總頁數：
0
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典獄長的女兒

　　紐伯瑞獎得主Jerry Spinelli最新力作！典獄長之女，為何在一群囚犯之中，尋找母親的身影？

　　12歲的卡米是典獄長之女，她與父親一直生活在監獄入口處的公寓裡。卡米的母親在她很小的時候就過世了，這是卡米的痛，也因此，卡米一直在監獄裡尋找母親的身影，希望能填補心中缺憾。

　　卡米一直很不開心，她從來不笑，對周遭的人也極不友善，她甚至會行竊、抽菸，試著自我毀滅。但隨著故事發展，卡米認識了一些監獄中的囚犯，例如扒手Boo Boo或是縱火犯Eloda。Eloda是被分配在典獄長家中做家務的囚犯，對卡米來說，Eloda的照顧就像媽媽一樣，也因此卡米開始想要Eloda成為她的新媽媽。


From Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli (Maniac Magee, Stargirl) comes the "moving and memorable" (Kirkus Reviews, starred) story of a girl searching for happiness inside the walls of a prison.
 
Cammie O'Reilly lives at the Hancock County Prison--not as a prisoner, she's the warden's daughter. She spends the mornings hanging out with shoplifters and reformed arsonists in the women's excercise yard, which gives Cammie a certain cache with her school friends. 

But even though Cammie's free to leave the prison, she's still stuck. And sad, and really mad. Her mother died saving her from harm when she was just a baby. You wouldn't think you could miss something you never had, but on the eve of her thirteenth birthday, the thing Cammie most wants is a mom. A prison might not be the best place to search for a mother, but Cammie is determined and she's willing to work with what she's got.
 
"Jerry Spinelli again proves why he's the king of storytellers" (Shelf Awarenss, starred) in this tale of a girl who learns that heroes can come in surprising disguises, and that even if we don't always get what we want, sometimes we really do get what we need.
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