书籍介绍
这书最妙的地方，是同一个故事被切成两半，从Juli和Bryce各自的口里重新拼起来。二年级她一见他就
作者简介
Books have always been a part of Wendelin Van Draanen’s life. Her mother taught her to read at an early age, and she has fond memories of story time with her father, when she and her brothers would cuddle up around him and listen to him read stories.
Growing up, Van Draanen was a tomboy who loved to be outside chasing down adventure. She did not decide that she wanted to be an author until she was an adult. When she tried her hand at writing a screenplay about a family tragedy, she found the process quite cathartic and from that experience, turned to writing novels for adults. She soon stumbled upon the joys of writing for children.
Feedback from her readers is Van Draanen’s greatest reward for writing. “One girl came up to me and told me I changed her life. It doesn’t get any better than that,” she said. Van Draanen hopes to leave her readers with a sense that they have the ability to steer their own destiny—that individuality is a strength, and that where there’s a will, there’s most certainly a way.
Wendelin Van Draanen is the winner of the 1999 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Children’s Mystery Book for Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief and lives with her husband and two sons in California.
AI导读
核心看点
- 双视角交替叙事，展现男女主截然不同的内心世界
- 超越初恋甜宠，深刻探讨青少年成长与自我认知
- 通过梧桐树等意象，传达整体大于部分之和的哲理
读者共识
- 双重视角叙事巧妙，比电影更侧重心理描写与成长
- 文字温暖治愈，适合青少年阅读，兼具文学与教育意义
- 虽情节简单，但情感真挚动人，结尾略显仓促但余味悠长
精彩摘录
- "All I've ever wanted is for Juli Baker to leave me alone. For her to back off -- you know, just give me some space."
- "The first day I met Bryce Loski, I flipped. Honestly, one look at him and I became a lunatic. It's his eyes. Something in his eyes. They're blue, and framed in the blackness of his lashes, they're dazzling. Absolutely breathtaking."
- "You see, I caught up to him and grabbed his arm, trying to stop him so maybe we could play a little before he got trapped inside, and the next thing I know he's holding my hand, looking right into my eyes. My heart stopped. It just stopped beating. And for the first time in my life, I had that feeli"
- "But all of a sudden my stomach completely bailed on me. Juli loved that tree. Stupid as it was, she loved that tree, and cutting it down would be like cutting out her."
- ""Because the girl's got an iron backbone. Why don't you invite her over sometime?""
- ""Proper lighting is everything, Julianna." …… "A painting is more than the sum of its parts," He took a deep breath. "I want the spirit of that tree to be with you always. I want you to remember how you felt when you were up there." He hesitated a moment, then handed me the painting. "So I made this"
- "I'd never seen Juli cry before. Not when she'd broken her arm in P.E., not when she'd been teased at school or ditched by her brothers. Not even when they'd cut down the sycamore tree."
- "She smiled and put her arm around my shoulders. "You don't have to be an immediate expert at everything, Juli. The idea here is to learn something new.""
用户评论
四星半。作为故事而言不是最扣人心弦的那一类，作为原版小说，很适合拿给中学生做课外阅读。
Great for learning English,but terrible as a story indeed.
没有电影里俩人一起种树的情节，没有电影里那么侧重讲感情，相比之下，小说更多的是侧重青少年的成长经历，从家庭到学校，再穿插了点情窦初开的故事。
大一时语文老师在课上用投影仪播的，念念不忘，看了很多次电影，再读小说已是很多年后，有了新的理解，对于relationship。
Double-narrative is effective
我读完的第一本英文小说，给自己撒花🎉
"Maybe it's time to meet him in the proper light."
When finishing reading the whole book, this piece of melody just moved from my head to heart naturally, as it goes "I bless the day I found you, I wanna stay around you, now and forever, let it be me..."
非常非常喜欢，细节动人温暖
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