The Charioteer

The CharioteerBy: Mary Renault After enduring an injury at Dunkirk during World War II, Laurie Odell is sent to a rural veterans hospital in England to convalesce. There he befriends the young, bright Andrew, a conscientious objector serving as an orderly. As they find solace and companionship together in the idyllic surroundings of the hospital, their friendship blooms into a discreet, chaste romance. Then one day, Ralph Lanyon, a mentor from Lauries schoolboy

野蠻遊戲：中級班，寓言神話

and Cable takes that sort of thing personally

Sparks fly between the quick-witted pair until one night

on a star surrounded by souvenir booths

Ranger—resident security expert and Stephanie’s greatest temptation—has been the target of an assassination plot

WINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/E

in "that suspended state of consciousness when the mind is freed to roam from real memories to conjectures

" --William F

Adding another layer to the mystery

「邊緣人，是乘載許多誤解的人，是付出關愛卻不被接納之人，是心裡有一片海卻無人知曉之人，是努力靠近人群卻一再被推開之人，是站在懸崖邊隨時可能悄無聲息墜落之人。」

and provocation in the face of our modern world

compelling tale with more than a hint of magic from the bestselling Jacqueline Wilson