Peter Pan in Scarlet(重返梦幻岛)
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品牌: Geraldine McCaughrean
基本信息·出版社：Aladdin Paperbacks
·页码：320 页
·出版日期：2008年
·ISBN：1416918094
·条形码：9781416918097
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·外文书名：重返梦幻岛
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内容简介In August 2004, the Special Trustees of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital launched the search for a sequel to JM Barrie's timeless masterpiece, Peter Pan. The Special Trustees own the copyright and other intellectual property rights to Peter Pan, and to mark the work's centenary, they authorized the creation of a new work that would share the same enchanting characters as the original, and bring as much pleasure to children and adults universally as
Peter Pan has done.Fighting off fierce competition from over 100 other writers, Geraldine McCaughrean has been commissioned to write this official sequel. In her entry, the judges found something that captured the elusive spirit of the original whilst offering a fresh and astounding creative response. Like Barrie's story, it will appeal to readers the world over.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.
作者简介Winner of Whitbread Children's Book Prize (three times)
Winner of Carnegie Medal
Winner of Smarties Bronze Award (four times)
Winner of Blue Peter Book of the Year Award
Winner of Guardian Children's Fiction Award--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.
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As part of the centenary celebration of J. M. Barrie's playPeter Pan,London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, to which Barrie bequeathed legal ownership ofPeter,held a contest to determine who would writePeter'ssequel. McCaughrean won, and the result is this whirling, ingenious, and chaotic puzzle.From the first scene, readers will see that some ominous clouds are breaking up Neverland's eternal sunshine. Picking up from the original book's final chapter, McCaughrean presents the lost boys as old boys, grown into professionals with families. The only evidence of their youthful adventures with Peter are recent nightmares, which leave material evidence--cutlasses, swords, and top hats--in their beds. "Dreams are leaking out of Neverland," says Mrs. Wendy. It's clear that something is amiss, and the only way to set things right is to travel back to Peter's magical land.So the adventures begin, and here they are far more frenzied than in the original, with even more dreamlike, nonsensical connections between scenes. Peter, Wendy, and the explorers travel through an increasingly hostile and chilly Neverland, trying to determine what's wrong (Hook is back, among other threats). But the action is so relentlessly furious that the story quickly becomes convoluted, and readers who haven't read Barrie's work will most likely be lost.As in her previous, highly accomplished interpretations of classic text, such as this year'sCyrano,McCaughrean stays close to the original. Many of the details here are just the same, from the lost boys' cozy underground lair to the magic ingredient that makes flying possible. Unfortunately, in her faithfulness to Barrie's work, McCaughrean includes mention of war paint and scalping and stereotypes that will certainly disturb modern readers. In today's cultural climate, it's jarring to read the wordredskinsin a contemporary children's book, yet here it appears frequently. Why perpetuate racist terms from another era? McCaughrean does soften the original's strong gender roles. In the passage from the real world to Neverland, one of the lost boys becomes a girl, and fathers make some cameo appearances, widening one of the most overwhelming and confusing themes in both new and old tellings: the comfort and suffocation of a mother's love. The deep, philosophical undercurrent of classical themes and texts slows the plot's breakneck speed somewhat, and it is older readers, including high-schoolers (and adults), who will most likely catch the literary and historical references and sophisticated humor and enjoy debating the questions about free will and imagination, paradise lost, and how we shape our identities.Despite its chaos, McCaughrean's story, with its whimsical, delicious language and wildly creative scenes will capture readers who know and love Barrie's original. Consider this sequel for your collections, but consider, too, all the questions it raises: How do we handle outdated stereotypes in classics? Are there limits to what an author can borrow and discard in retelling beloved stories? Why has the originalPeter Panendured?Gillian Engberg
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.
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Book Description:
In August 2004 the Special Trustees of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, who hold the copyright inPeter Pan, launched a worldwide search for a writer to create a sequel to J.M. Barrie's timeless masterpiece. Renowned and multi award-winning English author Geraldine McCaughrean won the honor to write this official sequel,Peter Pan in Scarlet. Illustrated by Scott M. Fischer and set in the 1930s,Peter Pan in Scarlettakes readers flying back to Neverland in an adventure filled with tension, danger, and swashbuckling derring-do!
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I grew up with J. M. Barrie'sPeter and Wendyand later readPeter Pan in Kensington Gardenswhich was illustrated by the great turn-of-the-century artist, Arthur Rackham. Peter's carefree spirit and nature is what I adored as a child and long for now as an adult. And these are the feelings I tried to convey into my rendition of the boy-who-would-not-grow-up.In working on an image for the American jacket of this authorized sequel, I went through many designs trying to capture the spirit of the 100-year-old character while making him intriguing to the readers of today. This, of course, is much easier said than done.Many of us have an idea of what Peter Pan should look like based on stage plays, movies, and the myriad of illustrated books, but in actuality both J. M. Barrie and Geraldine McCaughrean describe very few of his physical features. This opens up a lot of room for visual interpretation for an illustrator, however anything too severe in redesign would lead to confusion of identifying who this iconic and (dare I say) mythic character is. So I tried to breathe some new life into his appearance, but still remain faithful to the Peter Pan we all know and love.--Tony DiTerlizzi
--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.
专业书评From Publishers Weekly
The product of a contest commissioned by trustees at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital, owner of the copyright to J.M. Barrie's originalPeter Pan, this authorized sequel largely succeeds in entertaining fans of the classic. Curry offers an easy, comfortable pace and somewhat subdued tone for this outing, seemingly taking great care to introduce listeners to new characters (Fireflyer, a male fairy) and reacquaint them with old ones (Wendy and John Darling, Peter). As the central plot unfolds—a return by the League of Pan to Neverland, and their treasure-hunting adventures there with Peter—Curry particularly delights in giving voice to Ravello, a tattered lion tamer and dramatically obsequious fellow who offers to assist the crew and who has a hilarious, hard-to-place foreign accent. Slightly darker and a bit harder to follow than its predecessor (also new on audio; see notes), McCaughrean's follow-up, sparked here by Curry's solid performance—is sure to prove irresistible for many. All ages.(Oct.)
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From School Library Journal
Starred Review.Grade 5 Up–In this sequel to J. M. Barrie'sPeter and Wendy(first published in 1911), the grown-up Lost Boys suffer from bad dreams leaking out of Neverland that result in cutlasses, pistols, pirate eye-patches, and other things appearing under their pillows. After a living crocodile shows up in the Gentleman's Club of the former Lost Boys, Wendy realizes that something is very wrong and that they must return to Neverland. In order to become young again, they wear their own children's clothes and obtain fairy dust for flying, and set off to heal it. However, when they reunite with Peter Pan, they forget their original mission and become caught up in the wild joys of his imaginative adventures. After they find Captain Hook's abandoned boat with a map to hidden treasure, Peter Pan dons Hook's second-best suit of scarlet and takes command of the ship. The League is accompanied by Fireflyer, an impudent, ravenous fairy with an astounding capacity for telling lies, and Ravello, a charming but ominous circus man who seems to be made entirely of snarled bits of yarn. As they travel closer to Neverpeak, where the treasure allegedly is buried, the menaces surrounding their quest escalate to the point where the League members become unsure of one another's true nature and loyalty. McCaughrean captures the excitement of the original story without the overly precious Victorian glorification of childhood. Wendy and the former Lost Boys are developed characters (with a welcome surprise of a gender-change that's believable within the scope of the story). Even Peter Pan, who struggles to remain as brash and carefree as he ever was, is not immune to change and consequences. Pen-and-ink illustrations add to the enjoyment of the story.–Farida S. Dowler, Mercer Island Library, WA
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.
FromAudioFile
Geraldine McCaughrean's gorgeously wrought sequel to J.M. Barrie's PETER PAN opens as Wendy and company return to Neverland and find it changed, fading and autumnal. Along with familiar characters, listeners meet fairy Fireflyer, who's desperately proud of being a whopping liar, and the enigmatic (and sinister?) circus master Ravello in his great woolen garment. Tim Curry is understated, subtle but not subdued, and his care highlights McCaughrean's wordsmithing and lets her storytelling shine. Curry clearly relishes Ravello's mysterious tones as well as Peter's jubilant "Cock-a doodle-dooooo!", and he narrates the rest with wonder, joy, or menace as appropriate. Listeners of all ages will find this to be a splendid, timeless adventure. J.M.D. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine--Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine--This text refers to theAudio CDedition.
