书名：Everything on a Waffle 只有华夫饼知道
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数950L
作者：Polly Horvath
出版社名称：Square Fish
出版时间：2008
语种：英文 
ISBN：9780312380045
商品尺寸：19.4 x 13.5 x 1.2 cm
包装：平装
页数：176（以实物为准）

Everything on a Waffle《只有华夫饼知道》获得：
★纽伯瑞儿童文学奖
★国际白乌鸦奖
★儿童杂志图书奖
★波士顿环球报号角书奖
★美国图书馆协会优良童书大奖
★父母金选择小说奖
★克里斯先生童书奖
★谢拉·艾格夫童书奖
★纽约时报畅销书榜
★《出版者周刊》畅销书榜

你有没有毫无道理地深信过一件事？
当你不幸遭遇重大的生活变故，你该如何去面对？
当周围人都认为你行为怪异、想法荒谬，你有没有勇气继续坚持自我？
……

“信那些你愿意相信的事吧。”这是故事中的波泽尔小姐对小主人公普丽姆罗丝说的一句话，是一个成年人对一个11岁孩子说的话，这句话所代表的是信任、尊重、理解、鼓励、安慰……或许波泽尔小姐并没有把握认定普丽姆罗丝的父母还活着，但她愿意和孩子一起去相信，这样心灵层面的陪伴对孩子来说，同样是成长，却是多么不一样！

“犯傻”大概是每个孩子成长的必经之路，请不要错过和孩子一起“犯傻”的机会。所以，“信那些你愿意相信的事吧。”请记得跟你的孩子说这句话，并且和他/她一起相信。

愿我们都是孩子成长路上可口美味、温暖相随的华夫饼。

Review
“In [Horvath's] capable hands the dilemma of Primrose Squarp is revealed with hilarity and buoyant good nature. . . . Subtlety and slapstick is a challenging combination; Horvath pulls it off beautifully.”―The Horn Book Magazine, Starred Review

“Horvath delivers another hilariously puckish read with this tale of a (possibly) orphaned girl from a small Canadian fishing village. . . . A laugh-out-loud pleasure from beginning to triumphant end.”―Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

“The story is full of subtle humor and wisdom, presented through the eyes of a uniquely appealing young protagonist.”―School Library Journal

“. . . a deeply touching novel about irrational faith.”―Orlando Sentinel

“Delightful. Hilarious. Entertaining. Insightful. These adjectives don't even begin to describe a novel I simply couldn't put down. . . . You'll love it.”―The Syracuse Post-Standard

普丽姆罗丝·斯考普，一个11岁的小女孩，在一次海上暴风雨中，她的父母双双失踪。普丽姆罗丝一直坚信，那场可怕的暴风雨不会夺走她的爸爸妈妈，她试图说服煤港小镇的人们也这么想。可是在那段日子里，没有人想收养她，她成了孤儿。

镇议会原先一直让一位浑身樟脑球味的老女人裴菲迪小姐看护她，后来他们找到了普丽姆罗丝的杰克舅舅，让他来监护她。

普丽姆罗丝会遇到些什么呢？她的爸爸妈妈是在海里什么地方漂着，还是在鲸鱼的肚子里？在漫长的等待中，普丽姆罗丝遇到了一家叫红秋千女孩的餐厅，在那里，每道菜都会搭配着华夫饼。也许，只有华夫饼知道结局……
Primrose Squarp simply knows her parents did not perish at sea during a terrible storm, but try convincing the other residents of Coal Harbour on that score. For all practical purposes, at least for the time being, Primrose is an orphan, and there's no great clamoring of prospective adopters. After realizing the impracticality of continuing to pay Miss Perfidy (a mothball-scented elderly lady) an hourly wage to baby-sit her, the town council is able to locate a relative, Uncle Jack, who reluctantly takes Primrose into his care. Primrose does warm up to living with him and in his home, despite the eerie noises resembling a hockey game that haunt her in the night. But true sanctuary can always be found at a restaurant called The Girl in the Swing, where everything―including lasagna―is served on a waffle, and where the proprietor, Miss Bowzer, offers a willing ear, as well as sage advice. Through a mixture of eccentric humor and probing philosophy, author Polly Horvath makes Primrose's search for peace and understanding a most memorable one.

Everything on a Waffle is a 2001 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Honor Book for Fiction and Poetry and a 2002 Newbery Honor Book.

波莉·霍华斯，1957年生于美国密歇根州，著名儿童文学作家。她热爱写作，8岁即开始发表作品。她的儿童小说深受读者喜爱，曾多次入围纽伯瑞儿童文学奖等多个奖项的决选名单，译本超过25种语言。代表作《只有华夫饼知道》获得2002年纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖、2002年国际白乌鸦奖、儿童杂志图书奖、波士顿环球报号角书奖、父母金选择小说奖、美国图书馆协会优良童书大奖等多项殊荣。其他作品有《蓝莓季节》《兔子侦探》《折翼飞机兵团》《假期》等。现在，波莉·霍华斯和丈夫还有两个女儿居住在温哥华岛。
Polly Horvath is the author of many books for young people, including The Pepins and Their Problems, The Canning Season and The Trolls. Her numerous awards include the Newbery Honor, the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature, the Mr. Christie Award, the international White Raven, and the Young Adult Canadian Book of the Year. Horvath grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She attended the Canadian College of Dance in Toronto and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York City. She has taught ballet, waitressed, done temporary typing, and tended babies, but while doing these things she has always also written. Now that her children are in school, she spends the whole day writing, unless she sneaks out to buy groceries, lured away from her desk by the thought of fresh Cheez Whiz. She lives on Vancouver Island with her husband and two daughters.