繪本

Merci Suarez Changes Gears (2019 Newbery Medal)
出版社： Random House, Inc. (International Division)
書林書號：
20245627
作者：
Medina, Meg
定價：
595
會員價：
$506
ISBN：
9780763690496
出版年份：
2018
裝訂：
精裝
總頁數：
368
  • 本書介紹
〔現代少女的社群生活日常〕

<2019年紐伯瑞金獎小說>

有別於奇幻冒險小說，這本書是青少年生活的完全寫實歷程，作者以孩子的視野觀看世界的同時，仍讓書中充滿了機智與幽默。Merci Suarez剛升上六年級，進入私立中學，好像進入了另一種世界，她並非來自富有的家庭，必須以更多的社區服務等工作來領取獎學金。但她也會開始煩惱自己有沒有在別人眼中留下好印象，學校風雲人物對她有什麼意見，也好像開始注意起另一種性別的存在。原本天真童話般的童年如今看來略顯幼稚的日子像是忽然完結，跳入風起雲湧的小團體關係中。

更有甚著，她心愛的爺爺越來越健忘，有時還會走到忘了回家；生長在大家庭的Merci，大家一起經歷著長輩的改變，家庭成員關係的變化，童年的結束，成長的迷惘更顯窘迫。適應新生活、爺爺的阿滋海默症、同學間的壓力與關係，儘管生活中充滿許多挑戰與難以改變的麻煩事；家人親情的力量仍緊繫彼此。在作者真實溫暖的筆調中，我們領悟到或許就像是騎腳踏車；換好檔，繼續踩，用力前行。

Thoughtful, strong-willed sixth-grader Merci Suarez navigates difficult changes with friends, family, and everyone in between in a resonant new novel from Meg Medina.

Merci Suarez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. They don’t have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition. So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be Merci’s school-assigned Sunshine Buddy, Merci becomes the target of Edna’s jealousy. Things aren't going well at home, either: Merci’s grandfather and most trusted ally, Lolo, has been acting strangely lately — forgetting important things, falling from his bike, and getting angry over nothing. No one in her family will tell Merci what's going on, so she’s left to her own worries, while also feeling all on her own at school. In a coming-of-age tale full of humor and wisdom, award-winning author Meg Medina gets to the heart of the confusion and constant change that defines middle school — and the steadfast connection that defines family.
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