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[ 책 소개 ]
* ALA Best Books for Young Adults
* Boston Globe Horn Book Award 수상작
* Golden Kite Award
* Booklist Editors' Choice
* A Parenting Magazine Best Book of the Year
* Junior Library Guild Selection
* IRA Young Adult Choices
* Louisiana Literary Award
* New Mexico Land of Enchantment
* Texas Lone Star Reading List
베스트셀러이며 antional Book Award 수상작인 "재커리 비버 우리 마을에 오다."의 저자 킴벌리 윌리스 홀트의 또 하나의 대표작입니다.
1950년대, 미국 남부의 루이지애나에 있는 작은 마을을 배경으로 12세 소녀 타이거 앤 파커가 겪은 이야기를 감동적으로 들려주는 내용입니다.
타이거는 언제나 이 지긋지긋한 마을을 벗어나고 싶었습니다. 무엇보다도 정신 지체인 부모님과 끊임없이 그녀를 놀려대는 학교 애들로부터 벗어나고 싶었지요. 그리고 그 기회가 마침내 찾아옵니다. 할머니가 돌아가셨을 때, 도리스 이모는 타이거에게 배턴루지에 있는 자기 집에서 함께 살자고 하네요. 타이거는 하루빨리 이 마을을 떠나고 싶었습니다만, 장애가 있는 부모님과 자기가 자란 집을 떠난다는 것이 생각같이 쉽지 않음을 알게 됩니다... 가족에 대한 사랑을 주제로 한 책이며 유머와 감동을 느낄 수 있는 내용입니다.
[ 서지 정보 ]
Paperback: 224 pages
ISBN-10: 0312660952
ISBN-13: 978-0312660956
책 크기: 19.3 cm x 13 cm
[ 영문 서평 ]
Book Description
Tiger Ann Parker wants nothing more than to get out of the rural town of Saitter, Louisiana--far away from her mentally disabled mother, her "slow" father who can't read an electric bill, and her classmates who taunt her. So when Aunt Dorie Kay asks Tiger to sp the summer with her in Baton Rouge, Tiger can't wait to go. But before she leaves, the sudden revelation of a dark family secret prompts Tiger to make a decision that will ultimately change her life.
Set in the South in the late 1950s, this coming-of-age novel explores a twelve-year-old girl's struggle to accept her grandmother's death, her mentally deficient parents, and the changing world around her. It is a novel filled with beautiful language and unforgettable characters, and the importance of family and home.
Publishers Weekly
Making an unusually auspicious debut, Holt offers a unique coming-of-age tale. The year is 1957 and the place is Saitter, La., a small town where prejudices reach far beyond skin color. Twelve-year-old Tiger Parker, exceptionally bright and also good at baseball, is shunned by the girls in her class because her mother, Corrina, and her father, Lonnie, are "different" ("Folks around here call it retarded, but I like 'slow' better"). Through Tiger's perceptive first-person narration, readers watch her grow painfully aware of her mother's limitations and become embarrassed by Corrina's childish behavior. She calms herself with the knowledge that her grandmother, who heads the household, has "enough brains for all of us." But Granny dies suddenly, and Tiger is left with an excruciating choice: Should she live with her sophisticated aunt in Baton Rouge, where she could find freedom but would break her parents' hearts, or should she forgo the opportunity and take on more responsibilities at home? While readers may not agree with Tiger's decision, they will admire her courage, loyalty and love for her parents. Holt conveys the innocence of Tiger's fun-loving mother and hardworking father without overdramatizing their intellectual deficiencies. The author presents and handles a sticky dilemma with remarkable grace. |
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