书名：Ratburger 大卫·少年幽默小说系列：少女驯兽师和她的霹雳鼠
读者对象：9-12岁
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数790L
作者：David Walliams
出版社名称：Harper Collins Children’s Books
出版时间：2014
语种：英文
ISBN：9780007453542
商品尺寸：12.9 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm
包装：平装
页数：320

“大卫·少年幽默小说系列”是由英国当代炙手可热的儿童图书作家大卫·威廉姆斯撰写，《了不起的狐狸爸爸》的插图绘制者、英国当代儿童文学界享负盛名的插画家昆廷•布莱克以及英国著名插画家托尼·罗斯创作插图的一系列儿童小说。本系列图书自出版以来，获得了包括英国人民图书奖儿童读物奖、英国《泰晤士报》Amanda Craig’s年度儿童图书奖在内等无数奖项殊荣。

“大卫·少年幽默小说系列”描写的是少年儿童生活中常见的人物和故事，夸张变形的细节会让你捧腹大笑，温情感人的故事会让你心酸落泪。这种幽默诙谐和新奇故事的巧妙编织，让孩子在体味生命、命运、财富、性别角色的同时，照亮心灵，驱赶心灵阴影，缓解心理压力，无不体现了作者超常的生活和创作智慧，是不可多得的少年儿童治愈系小说，是英国“家庭教育读物”。

★“罗尔德•达尔继承人”、英国著名儿童文学作家大卫•威廉姆斯全新力作
★世界著名插画家托尼•罗斯创作精美插图
★荣获红房子儿童图书奖青少年读者大奖
★荣获英国国家图书奖童书奖
★荣获英国人民图书奖儿童文学奖
★荣获英国《泰晤士报》年度儿童图书奖
★荣获林肯郡儿童图书奖
★家庭教育优选读物，一套令人动容、令人捧腹的幽默治愈成长小说。
★班上孩子争相讨论的爆笑故事；各国图书馆必须提前一个月预定
★世界超级热卖的儿童小说，30多种语言出版，销量突破500多万

精彩书评：
幽默的天才……阅读本套书，对大孩子和小孩子来说都是一件快乐的事情。——英国《爱丁堡晚报》
从头到尾都很有趣。又一个罗尔德·达尔诞生了。——英国《泰晤士报》
这真是一套与众不同的书。即使是成人也会被逗得咯咯笑。托尼·罗斯的插图也很震撼！——英国《热度》杂志
我真的特别喜欢看这套书，喜欢大卫·威廉姆斯的幽默。这套书涉及了很难的社会问题，这是每个人都会在家庭生活中遇到的，读读这样一套书真好……——英国洛克比镇哈顿小学老师丽萨·杨
我班上的们孩子真的特别喜欢读这套书，它们讲述了极好的故事……真棒，我会推荐给小学中高年级的孩子们看。——英国达利奇学院老师克莱尔·马修森
伟大而幽默的喜剧故事……大卫·威廉姆斯是个天才，天生机智风趣，擅长写作。——英国《标准晚报》
在这套书中，大卫·威廉姆斯在高度的喜剧性和情感传递之间做到了很好的平衡。——英国《每日邮报》
这套书反映了许多关于孩子对爱和情感的基本需要。——英国《每日邮报》
一套充满智慧和温暖的成功之作。——英国《年度邮报图书》
The fifth screamingly funny novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country, now available in paperback.
From the bestselling author ofGangsta Granny andDemon Dentist comes another hilarious, action-packed and touching novel—the story of a little girl called Zoe. Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery—mainly by flobbing on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt’s Burgers is after her pet rat! And guess what he wants to do with it? The clue is in the title…
From the author that is being called “a new Roald Dahl”, Ratburger is not to be missed!
Review
“Another triumph for David Walliams. His books are a breath of wonderful fresh air.”  — The Sun

佐伊有个梦想——成为驯兽师，让她的宠物小姜饼成为第1只会跳霹雳舞的小仓鼠；佐伊的爸爸也有个梦想——要为佐伊制作出全新口味的冰激凌。可不幸的是，小姜饼离奇地死亡了，爸爸工作的冰激凌厂也关闭了。懒惰自私的后妈除了吃薯片，就是嘲笑佐伊和爸爸的梦想。一切：都糟透了，直到佐伊遇到阿米蒂奇——一只舞蹈动作一学就会的天才小耗子。然而，阿米蒂奇竟然被坏人抓走了！想要救它的佐伊却意外发现这件事情背后的惊天大阴谋……后妈身上还藏着什么秘密？佐伊该怎样鼓励爸爸重新振作，为“冰激凌”之梦而努力呢？
Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery—mainly by flobbing on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt’s Burgers is after her pet rat! And guess what he wants to do with it? The clue is in the title…

大卫·威廉姆斯（David Williams），英国当代著名的儿童图书作家，在评论界享有“罗尔德·达尔继承人”的美誉。2008年至今，他的儿童文学作品一经推出，便受到全球大小读者的热烈追捧和好评——其作品以“幽默风趣”“温情耐读”而著称。他是英国著名的喜剧明星和演员，曾通过参与各种活动为慈善团体募得大量捐款。他是英国极具影响力的公众人物，曾获“不列颠骄傲”的荣誉称号。
David Walliams—comedian, actor and author—continues to take the children’s literary world by storm. His tenth novel, BAD DAD, was an immediate number one, following the triumph of THE MIDNIGHT GANG, the biggest-selling children’s book of 2016. WORLD’S WORST CHILDREN 2, which published in early 2017, spent four weeks at industry number one and eight weeks at the top of the children’s chart. They have achieved unprecedented critical acclaim—and RATBURGER, DEMON DENTIST and AWFUL AUNTIE have all won the National Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year.
David’s books have now exceeded 100 non-consecutive weeks in the children’s number-one spot, and have been translated into 50 languages, selling more than 22 million copies worldwide.

托尼·罗斯（Tony Ross），英国著名插画家和作家。他的画作以调皮活泼著称，具有强烈的情感张力。托尼·罗斯的幽默感与创作量丰沛，绘作超过350本，著作达70本，并有多部作品改编成动画。他三度荣获“zui佳绘者银画笔刷奖”。他的作品家喻户晓，有五十多部作品畅销世界各地，获奖无数，包括德国儿童图书奖（German Children’s Book Prize）、英国聪明豆图书奖银奖（silver medal in the Smarties Prize）以及凯特·格林纳威奖提名（Kate Greenaway Medal）。
Born in London,Tony Ross went to art school in Liverpool. His cartoons have appeared in famous publications the world over. His first book, HUGO AND THE WICKED WINTER, was published in 1972. Tony has since written over 100 books and illustrated over 2000! His creations Towser and The Little Princess have been turned into TV series.
David and Tony have worked on six bestselling picture books together, as well as eight of David’s phenomenally successful children’s novels—BILLIONAIRE BOY, GANGSTA GRANNY, RATBURGER, DEMON DENTIST, AWFUL AUNTIE, GRANDPA’S GREAT ESCAPE, THE MIDNIGHT GANG and BAD DAD. David and Tony also collaborated on the 2017 World Book Day title, BLOB, and the two blockbuster short story collections, THE WORLD’S WORST CHILDREN and THE WORLD’S WORST CHILDREN 2.