When May dies suddenly while gardening, Summer assumes she'll never see her beloved aunt again. But then Summer's Uncle Ob claims that May is on her way back--she has sent a sign from the spirit world.Summer isn't sure she believes in the spirit world, but her quirky classmate Cletus Underwood--who befriends Ob during his time of mourning--does. So at Cletus' suggestion, Ob and...(展开全部)

'He heard Daddy one time saying he was a grand quiet boy to Mother when he thought Johnsey couldn't hear them talking. Mother must have been giving out about him being a gom and Daddy was defending him. He heard the fondness in Daddy's voice. But you'd have fondness for an auld eejit of a crossbred pup that should have been drowned at birth.' While the Celtic Tiger rages, and g...(展开全部)

One of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, George Saunders is an undisputed master of the short story, and Tenth of December is his most honest, accessible, and moving collection yet. In the taut opener, “Victory Lap,” a boy witnesses the attempted abduction of the girl next door and is faced with a harrowing choice: Does he ignore what he ...(展开全部)

One of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, George Saunders is an undisputed master of the short story, and Tenth of December is his most honest, accessible, and moving collection yet. In the taut opener, “Victory Lap,” a boy witnesses the attempted abduction of the girl next door and is faced with a harrowing choice: Does he ignore what he ...(展开全部)

阿克塞尔·哈克（Axel Hacke） 1956 年出生于德国布伦瑞克。政治学专业毕业，后进入慕尼黑德国记者学校，1981 年起担任南德日报的记者， 先后因为新闻工作获得德国多项重要的新闻奖。 米夏埃尔·佐瓦（Michael Sowa） 1945 年出生于柏林，毕业于柏林艺术教育学院，目前是自由插画家。

简介：“希望你下辈子不要改名，这样我会好找你一点。”

Winner of the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction—A darkly comic novel of twenty-first-century domestic life and the possibility of personal transformation Harold Silver has spent a lifetime watching his younger brother, George, a taller, smarter, and more successful high-flying TV executive, acquire a covetable wife, two kids, and a beautiful home in the suburbs of New York City. B...(展开全部)

马修·奎克（Matthew Quick）美国人，《纽约时报》畅销书作家，2004年开始专职写作，2007年获得戈达德学院创作的美学硕士学位，并于2013获德拉萨大学人文文学荣誉博士学位。处女作《乌云背后的幸福线》(简体中文版译名为《闪开，让我拥抱幸福》)大卖，由它改编的 电影大热，斩获多项奥斯卡大奖。截至目前为止，马修·奎克已经出版了7本小说，皆已售出影视版权。 马修·奎克擅长构建大起大落的情节冲突，用平浅的文字纵深剖白人物的内心，传达“人可以被毁灭，但不能被打败”的海明威精神，激发人们对更美好生活的热望。 他的作品先后被翻译成30多种语言，斩获各类文学奖项，其中包括美国笔会/海明威奖。

Aladdin Books presents a handsome new edition of a Caldecott Medal winner. "Absurdities and contrasts are so imaginatively combined in a hilarious comedy of manners that the merriment can be enjoyed on several levels".--The Horn Book. Three-color illustrations.

Winner of the Caldecott Medal One day, a small boy receives a very special invitation -- the King and the Queen have invited him to the castle for tea. He accepts, with one question: "May I bring a friend?" "Any friend of our friend is welcome her," says the King. But their guest's friend turns out to be someone they never expected! Beatrice Schenk de Regniers's rhythmi...(展开全部)