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贖罪 Atonement
• 作者：[英]伊恩‧麥克尤恩
• 譯者：郭國良
• 出版社：上海譯文出版社
• 出版日期：2007年06月01日
13歲的布里奧妮‧塔利斯擁有十分豐富的想象力，頗有作家天分；管家的錘子羅比在塔利斯先生的獎助下已經與布里奧妮的姐姐塞西莉婭一道從劍橋大學畢業，而且他倆情投意合。一個炎熱夏日，塞西莉婭當著羅比的面，脫去衣服，跳進池塘戲水。這一切都被布里奧妮盡收眼底，恰逢當晚，來塔利斯家小住的布里奧妮的表姐遭人強暴；布里奧妮武斷地認定羅比即是罪犯，並出庭做證指控羅比，羅比因此被捕入獄。但堅信他無罪的塞西莉婭不惜與家人斷絕關系，執著地與他相愛。五年後，羅比出獄，當時正是二次世界大戰期間，他參加到保衛祖國的戰斗中，塞西莉婭隨後應征入伍，布里奧妮也成為一名軍隊醫務人員。經歷世事之後的布里奧妮終于愧疚，主動走向羅比與塞西莉婭，為自己當年的所作所為道歉，但是無情的戰爭先後奪去了羅比和塞西婭的生命，留下布里奧妮活在深深的自責中而無法贖罪。
麥克恩是英國文壇當前最具影響力的作家之一。自他的第一本短篇小說集《最初的愛情和最後的儀式》獲得1975年的毛姆獎以來，他四次獲得布克獎提名，並終于在1998年以《阿姆斯行丹》折桂。其新作《贖罪》同樣獲得2002年布克獎提作者雖然最終未能如願獲獎，但評論界卻給予了較之《阿姆斯特丹》更多更動听的溢美之詞，認為比《阿》更豐滿，更好讀，既有討好讀者的動人情節、喜劇因素，又不乏色調，實在是讓人愛不釋手。
The Kite Runner
作者：Khaled Hosseini
• 出版社：Berkley Pub Group
• 出版日期：2004年04月01日
My Sister’s Keeper
• 作者：Picoult, Jodi
• 出版社：Simon& Schuster
• 出版日期：2007年01月19日
Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate - a life and a role that she has never challenged...until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister - and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves.
My Sister’s Keeper examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child’s life, even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are, if that quest makes you like yourself less? Should you follow your own heart, or let others lead you? Once again, in My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult tackles a controversial real-life subject with grace, wisdom, and sensitivity.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• 作者：Mark Haddon
• 出版社：Vintage
• 出版日期：2006年06月01日
午夜十二點零七分 ＋ 鐵叉 + 小狗屍體 + 一個自閉症數學天才少年
Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. Routine, order and predictability shelter him from the messy, wider world. Then, at fifteen, Christopher’s carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbor’s dog, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing.
I Am David
• 作者：Holm, Anne/ Kingsland, L. W.
• 出版社：Harcourt Childrens Books
• 出版日期：2004年01月01日
David’s entire twelve-year life has been spent in a grisly prison camp in Eastern Europe. He knows nothing of the outside world. But when he is given the chance to escape, he seizes it. With his vengeful enemies hot on his heels, David struggles to cope in this strange new world, where his only resources are a compass, a few crusts of bread, his two aching feet, and some vague advice to seek refuge in Denmark. Is that enough to survive?
I Am the Messenger
• 作者：Zusak, Markus
• 出版社：Random House Childrens Books
• 出版日期：2006年05月09日
My Best Friend’s Girl
• 作者：Koomson, Dorothy
• 出版社：Bantam Books
• 出版日期：2008年03月25日
How far would you go for the best friend who broke your heart? This internationally bestselling novel tells an enchanting tale of life’s most unpredictable loves and heartaches, and the unforgettable bond between a single woman and an extraordinary five-year-old girl. >From the moment they met in college, best friends Adele Brannon and Kamryn Matika thought nothing could come between them—until Adele did the unthinkable and slept with Kamryn’s fiance, Nate. Now, after years of silence, the two women are reuniting, and Adele has a stunning request for her old friend: she wants Kamryn to adopt her five-year-old daughter, Tegan.
Spongebob’s Best Days!
• 作者：Not Available (NA)
• 出版社：Random House Childrens Books
• 出版日期：2006年08月22日
Never Let Me Go
• 作者：Ishiguro, Kazuo
• 出版社：Random House Inc
• 出版日期：2006年03月14日
My name is Kathy H. I’m thirty-one years old, and I’ve been a carer now for over eleven years. That sounds long enough, I know, but actually they want me to go on for another eight months, until the end of this year. That’ll make it almost exactly twelve years. Now I know my being a carer so long isn’t necessarily because they think I’m fantastic at what I do. There are some really good carers who’ve been told to stop after just two or three years. And I can think of one carer at least who went on for all of fourteen years despite being a complete waste of space. So I’m not trying to boast. But then I do know for a fact they’ve been pleased with my work, and by and large, I have too. My donors have always tended to do much better than expected. Their recovery times have been impressive, and hardly any of them have been classified as “agitated,” even before fourth donation. Okay, maybe I am boasting now. But it means a lot to me, being able to do my work well, especially that bit about my donors staying “calm.” I’ve developed a kind of instinct around donors. I know when to hang around and comfort them, when to leave them to themselves; when to listen to everything they have to say, and when just to shrug and tell them to snap out of it.
