The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I’d seen only in Gideon’s stories: Manifest—A Town with a rich past and a bright future. Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with ...(展开全部)

The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I’d seen only in Gideon’s stories: Manifest—A Town with a rich past and a bright future. Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with a f...(展开全部)

Winner of the 2011 Newbery Award. The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I'd seen only in Gideon's stories: Manifest--A Town with a rich past and a bright future. Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works ...(展开全部)

The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I’d seen only in Gideon’s stories: Manifest—A Town with a rich past and a bright future. Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with ...(展开全部)

The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon  is an American epic of the old West for our own times -- a novel huge in its imaginative scope and daring in its themes. The narrator is Shed, or Duivichi-un-Dua, a half-breed bisexual boy who makes his living at the Indian Head Hotel in the little turn-of-the-century town of Excellent, Idaho. The imperious Ida Richilieu is Shed's employe...(展开全部)

Set against the harsh reality of an unforgiving landscape and culture, The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon provides a vision of the Old West unlike anything seen before. The narrator, Shed, is one of the most memorable characters in contemporary fiction: a half-Indian bisexual boy who lives and works at the Indian Head Hotel in the tiny town of Excellent, Idaho. It's the t...(展开全部)

The old animal counting song. "Numbers for knee highs couldn't be more fun. . . . Also has music for the song at the end. . . . Feodor Rojankovsky's charming illustrations are in full color and black and white."--"Kirkus Reviews"

'Over in the meadow in the sands in the sun...' begins John Langstaff's endearing version of an old counting song for children, a favorite for many generations. But never has it been presented in such gay and happy form. Feodor Rojankovsky's pictures are filled with the beauty of meadow life from morning till the end of the day, and the amusing verses and simple melody will giv...(展开全部)

凯瑟琳·瓦伦特（Catherynne M. Valente），1979年生于美国西雅图，在加州大学圣地亚哥分校及爱丁堡大学主修古典文学，特别专研古希腊语言学。做过专业算命师、电话推销员、家庭教师、图书馆馆员、酒保以及数据统计员——这些职业对她来说大同小异。把这些工作全部混在一起，再加上营业税，就成了奇幻小说家。凯瑟琳·瓦伦特目前和丈夫、两只狗、一只巨大而友善的猫定居于美国缅因州海外的一座小岛。 译者王爽，江湖人称“不圆的珍珠”，热爱各种关于精灵和仙境的传说。希望有一天也能像九月一样在精灵国度旅行，还要骑一骑翼龙。

萨拉·格里斯特伍德（Sarah Gristwood） 萨拉·格里斯特伍德是英国畅销传记作家，曾为《卫报》《泰晤士报》《每日电讯报》撰稿，现在定期为CNN、BBC和Sky News提供王室和历史故事，还参与《温莎王室》等系列纪录片的制作。她毕业于牛津大学，是英国皇家历史学会和英国皇家学会工艺院会员，曾入围马什传记奖和本·皮姆洛特政治写作奖。 萨拉著有多部以15和16世纪为背景的历史书，包括《女王的游戏：成就16世纪欧洲历史的女性》 《血亲姐妹：玫瑰战争背后的女性》等，她的《阿贝拉：英格兰失落的女王》和《伊丽莎白与莱斯特》都登上了畅销书排行榜，此外她还撰写了多部现代人物传记。