书名：Wolf Hollow狼谷
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数800L
作者：Lauren Wolk
出版社名称：Corgi Childrens
出版时间：2016
语种：英文
ISBN：9780552574297
商品尺寸：12.9 x 2 x 19.8 cm
包装：平装
页数：320 （以实物为准）
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劳伦·沃尔克（Lauren Wolk）是一个非常有潜力的作家。他的处女作Wolf Hollow《狼谷》 （又译作《空心狼》）一经问世就登上了四个榜单，它讲述了这样一个故事，在两次世界大战期间，安娜贝尔在宾夕法尼亚小镇过着平静、稳定的生活。

直到有一天，新邻居贝蒂走进她的生活。贝蒂很快就展现残酷的一面，她欺负安娜贝尔，打她、威胁她，甚至还威胁安娜贝尔的家人。起初安娜贝尔逆来顺受，但当贝蒂伤害她的好朋友鲁思时，安娜贝尔决定要揭发贝蒂。

事情开始失控，贝蒂将一切推给一战退伍老兵托比。除了安娜贝尔一家，托比没有别的朋友。没想到不久后，“无可救药”的贝蒂·格伦加里从一个农业小镇消失了，人们的指责很快落到了麻烦缠身、沉默寡言的托比身上。只有年轻的安娜贝拉·麦克布赖德了解失踪女孩的残忍真相……只有她和她的父母愿意相信这位老兵的无辜，故事充满冲突矛盾，非常有张力。适合10-14岁的孩子。
Harper Lee has a worthy successor. Wolk is a big new talent - The Times
Annabelle has lived in Wolf Hollow all her life: a quiet place, still scarred by two world wars. But when cruel, manipulative Betty arrives in town, Annabelle's calm world is shattered, along with everything she's ever known about right and wrong.
When Betty disappears, suspicion falls on strange, gentle loner Toby. As Wolf Hollow turns against him, and tensions quickly mount, Annabelle must do everything in her power to protect Toby - and to find Betty, before it is too late.
Powerful, poignant and lyrical, Wolf Hollow is an unforgettable story.

Review
"Weaving together complex themes with extraordinary skill, debut author Lauren Wolk has created a book that deserves to be read . . . A timeless story, beautifully placed in an evocative and brilliantly realised historical setting"(Guardian)

"Suspenseful, wise, beautifully written and emotionally engaging" (Sunday Times)

"Haunting . . . With a precociously perceptive girl as a main character; a damaged, misunderstood recluse; and themes of prejudice and bigotry, comparisons to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird will abound. But Wolk gives us her own story - one full of grace and stark, ­brutal beauty"(New York Times)

"A powerful, beautifully written coming-of-age novel . . . This emotionally intelligent, complex story deserves recognition and praise"(Daily Mail)

After graduating from Brown University in 1981 with a degree in English literature, Lauren Wolk spent a year as a writer with the Battered Women’s Project of the St. Paul American Indian Center, and then worked as both an editor and an English teacher. Since 2007, she has been the Associate Director of the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. She is an award-winning poet and also a visual artist.

Wolf Hollow is set in western Pennsylvania where her family roots run deep. Both of her parents were raised in that area, her mother on a farm and in a family that served as the inspiration for the novel.