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類別：青少年小說
(agent :
Cynthia)
THE FAERIE DOOR
仙境之門
作 者：B. E. Mazwell
版 本：精裝，496頁，2008年10月初版
在仙女飛舞的羽翼之外，潛藏著無與倫比的強大力量。一群孩子們即將奔赴前方的神秘之門，挑戰他們的膽識。
很久很久以前，仙境皇后在人類和她的世界之間設置了一道關卡，每當兒童需要仙界的幫助，就可以召喚仙人前來救援。可是有一個名叫陰暗騎士的邪惡團體卻執意要控制這個關卡，試圖切斷兩個世界的聯繫，變成只有惡魔能夠進出這道門。兩個十一歲的孩子適時出現，他們是一八九０年代的英國女孩薇朵麗亞，和一九九六年的美國男孩艾力特，兩人的任務是破壞惡者的計畫。可憐的薇朵麗亞首先從一八九０年的家鄉Northumberland，被傳送到一九六六年的新罕布夏，和艾力特碰面，兩人同意協助仙境皇后擊敗黑暗騎士。
仙境皇后派遣兩個孩子分頭去收集能力球。孩子們的勇氣和友誼受到考驗，一方面要進入奇妙的世界，面對威脅生命的危機，原來只在故事書中才看得到的時空旅行、龍、飛行的海盜船，惡毒的魔法皇后紛紛出現，孩子們必須帶著能力球回來，與可怕的黑暗騎士對決。
Summary
Victoria Deveny was very cross. She stood beside her bags on the platform of the small railway station at Cotby, watching the Blue Comet Limited puff away into the distance, until the black smoke from her locomotive’s stack dissipated against the far-off treetops.
Victoria scowled and twirled her parasol in annoyance. She tried fixing the porter with a a contemptuous look, but her efforts were wasted. He continued to nap in his chair b ehind the ticket window, his green visor pulled down low over his eyes.
Victoria folded her arms, sighed, and prodded one of her brown leather bags with her toe. After a bit she sighed once more and sat down on the wooden bench in the shade beneath a posted railway timetable. Uncle Dexter had probably forgotten all about her! How are he! Her eyes narrowed menacingly. If he really had forgotten, he would regret it.
作者
About
the Author
B. E. MAXWELL
is captivated by British fantasy literature of the nineteenth
century, as well as by the work of Victorian artists such as Arthur
Rackham and Cicely Mary Barker. These influences inspired him to
tell his daughter and his niece the story that would become The
Faerie Door, his first novel for young readers. He lives in
Rocky Hill, Connecticut.