书名：Absolutely Normal Chaos完全正常的混乱
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数900L
作者：Sharon Creech莎朗·克里奇
出版社名称：HarperCollins
出版时间：2012
语种：英文
ISBN：9780064406321
商品尺寸：13 x 1.3 x 19.4 cm
包装：平装
页数：256
Absolutely Normal Chaos《完全正常的混乱》是纽伯瑞获奖作者莎朗·克里奇（Sharon Creech）根据她自己“纷扰又哄闹”（noisy and rowdy）的家庭成长经验而写成的小说，有关一个13岁女孩的“完整未删节的英语课日记”。这是她的首部儿童著作，被纽约公共图书馆收录在“100本值得阅读和分享的书”中。

Dear Mr. Birkway,
Here it is: my summer journal.
As you can see,
I got a little carried away.
The problem is this, though.
I don’t want you to read it.

Remember Mary Lou Finney from Walk Two Moons? Here’s her complete, secret journal!
Mary Lou Finney is less than excited about her assignment to keep a journal over the summer. Boring! Then cousin Carl Ray comes to stay with her family, and what starts out as the dull dog days of summer quickly turns into the wildest roller-coaster ride of all time.
How was Mary Lou supposed to know what would happen with Carl Ray and the ring? Or with her boy-crazy best friend Beth Ann? Or with (sigh) the permanently pink Alex Cheevey? Suddenly a boring school project becomes a record of the most exciting, incredible, unbelievable summer of Mary Lou’s life.
But what if her teacher actually does read her journal?

Awards
New York Public Library’s “One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing”

Review
“By turning sarcastic, tender, and irreverent, this is a real piece of contemporary teen life from one funny writer. [It] will quickly make its way into the hands of readers who lovedWalk Two Moons.” —Kirkus Reviews
Mary Lou Finney对她在暑期写日记的任务感到非常兴奋。她不仅要写日记，还得读《奥德赛》。《奥德赛》在她的写作中不断被引用。她结合自己的生活，补充了对这部作品的评论。后来，Mary Lou的表哥Carl Ray因为找工作住到了她家，Mary Lou了解到Carl Ray在生活中遇到的困难，以及他是如何奋斗的。对比之后，Mary Lou发现自己更容易去反思她与家人、朋友和自己的抗争。
Mary Lou Finney is more than excited about her assignment to keep a journal over the summer. Not only does she have to keep a journal, but she must read The Odyssey.The Odyssey is continuously referenced within her own writing. She adds her own comments about the Odyssey that reference to her own life. As the novel unfolds, Mary Lou’s cousin, Carl Ray stays with her family. Carl Ray does this in order to look for a job. As the novel progresses, Mary Lou learns about Carl Ray’s difficulties in life and how he has struggled. After discovering this information, Mary Lou finds it easier to examine her struggles with her family, her friends, and her self.
莎朗·克里奇，1945年出生于美国俄亥俄州的南欧几里德，与4个兄妹一起长大。在美国上大学，学习文学和写作，对怎样讲故事非常着迷。大学毕业后在英国和瑞士的中学教授英语和写作课程。她的小说《完全正常的混乱》（1990年）在英国出版，从此开始了创作生涯。《印弟安人的麂皮靴》获得纽伯瑞金奖，《花儿都开了》获得美国童书协会儿童评选童书奖，《少女苏菲的航海故事》获得纽伯瑞银奖，《红宝石山谷》被英国图书馆协会选为推荐童书。
1998年，在离开18年以后，莎朗·克里奇回到美国，定居缅因州，与两个孩子和丈夫生活在一起。她说，与家人共处和写故事让她感到幸福。

Sharon Creech is the Newbery Medal-winning author of Walk Two Moons. Her other novels include The Wanderer, a Newbery Honor Book, Bloomability,Absolutely Normal Chaos,Chasing Redbird, and Pleasing The Ghost. She has also written two picture books, A Fine, Fine SchoolandFishing In The Air. After spending eighteen years teaching and writing in Europe, Sharon Creech and her husband have returned to the United States to live.