From School Library Journal
Grade 8
Up—For many people, knowledge of Nannerl Mozart is confined to the
footnotes of her younger brother Wolfgang Amadeus''s biography, a
fellow wunderkind touring the courts of Europe with her more
renowned sibling before fading into the background as an adult.
Meyer brings Nannerl to the fore, presenting her as a gifted,
sensitive musician whose ambitions for a professional career are
thwarted by the restrictions placed on her gender and the demands
of he
內容簡介:
Every night, when the world is sleeping, big gruesome giants
guzzle up whoppsy-whiffling human beans. And there''s only one giant
who can stop them - the BFG. He''s the kindest giant there is and,
with his friend Sophie in his top pocket, he sets out to rid the
world of the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater and all their rotsome
friends forever...
關於作者:
Roald Dahl was born in 1916 in Wales of Norwegian parents. He
was educated in England before starting work for the Shell Oil
Company in Africa. He began writing after a ''monumental bash on the
head'', sustained as an RAF pilot during WW2. Roald Dahl is one of
the most successful and well-known of all children''s writers. Roald
Dahl died in 1990 at the age of seventy-four.
目錄:
List of Characters
The Witching Hour
Who?
The Snatch
The Cave
The BFG
The Giants
The Marvellous Ears
Snozzcumbers
The Bloodbottler
Frobscottle and Whizzpoppers
Journey to Dream Country
Dream-Catching
A Trogglehumper for the Fleshlumpeater
Dreams
The Great Plan
Mixing the Dream
Journey to London
The Palace
The Queen
The Royal Breakfast
The Plan
Capture!
Feeding Time
The Author
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