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2019-10-17 10:38 來源：京東作者：京東

編輯推薦:The power and danger of religion receives a realistic, gutsy—and yet movingly spiritual—examination in this ambitious and graceful drama. "You ain't special" is what 19-year-old Andi tells her 6-year-old brother, Daniel, over and over. It's for his own protection: ever since he was rescued from a well on national TV as a baby, he has been known as "Miracle Boy," and his prayers and touches have purportedly remedied everything from stillborns to arthritis. Despite Andi's objections, her devout mother feels it is their duty to help others—especially during the Paradise Days festival that, it is hoped, will bring tourists back to their struggling town. Andi is a remarkable protagonist, a no-bullshit atheist convinced that this "superstitious crap" will damage her brother. Secondary characters breathe just as deeply: a horribly scarred but gentle reverend; Andi's ex-boyfriend, dragged into her dangerous Anti-Miracle Plan; and a creepy lurker known as Scarecrow who wants to "test" Daniel. Rarely has the dilemma of miracles been articulated so succinctly; if people start changing for the better, is it a miracle regardless of the impetus? Connelly writes with such calm assurance—never too much, never too little—that what could have been an overwhelming epic is instead a slim book that reads with miraculous speed.

內(nèi)容簡介:Andi Grant adores her 6-year-old brother Daniel, a "miracle child" who fell down a mine shaft and survived. People regularly come to him for blessings and healings (which sometimes seem to work), and Andi is horrified by his exploitation, esp. when she finds signs of a stalker around their home. With the help of her once-and-maybe-future boyfriend Jeff, she comes up with a plan so audacious, so dramatic, it will stop the attention on Daniel forever: an "Anti-Miracle" that will unravel with the slightest examination of the facts, and cast doubt on Daniel's powers forever after.

As her plan comes together, the stalker draws closer, and the clock ticks toward Daniel's star turn at the local Paradise Days celebration, Andi finds herself wrestling with her own beliefs in God and her brother, and wondering if what she really needs is... a miracle.

安迪十分喜愛她六歲的弟弟丹尼爾。丹尼爾曾經(jīng)掉進(jìn)礦井卻奇跡般生還，大家都稱他作“奇跡小孩”。由于丹尼爾的“神奇”，人們定期來見見他，希望得到他的祝?；蛘呔融H（有時候似乎還真的有效）。但是安迪為此卻感到惴惴不安，尤其當(dāng)她發(fā)覺竟然有人在他們家附近偷窺。于是安迪聯(lián)合了她的朋友杰夫想出了一個大膽而戲劇化的計(jì)劃，以永遠(yuǎn)停止大家對她弟弟丹尼爾的關(guān)注。安迪的計(jì)劃能成功嗎？

作者簡介:Neil Connelly's first YA novel, ST. MICHAEL'S SCALES, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. He teaches creative writing at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, where he lives with his wife and their two sons.

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