★《角鴞與夜之王》作者另一感人作品。 ★呈現出纖細、美麗同時又具有頹廢衝突感的意象。 故事發生在沿海王國——嘉達露西亞。 名叫托托的少女雖然繼承了擁有強大魔力的魔法師家族——薩爾瓦多的血統, 可惜她天生並不具備魔法的才能。 某一天,托托在神殿的書庫裡迷路了,門的那一頭似乎有誰在呼喚著自己。 走近一瞧,才發現有隻已經被封印數百年的「食人魔物」正沉睡著。 托托接受了魔物的提議,將他從封印中解放出來, 同時也失去了一隻耳朵,但卻得到了她從不曾擁有過的強大魔力── 這是一部關於孤獨的「食人魔物」和成為他母親的少女之間,共同交織出飄渺扭曲的「愛」的故事。
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Frost would kill the last of the blackberries and gooseberries that I'd found for us to subsist on. The acorns were long gone. I'd been lucky to find a crab ...
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Table of Contents A good deal of water had run under Beulah Bridge since Letty ... and the third, Deacon Todd's eldest son, had somehow or other met a siren ...
Table of Contents A good deal of water had run under Beulah Bridge since Letty ... and the third, Deacon Todd's eldest son, had somehow or other met a siren ...
“Casey is fairly withdrawn now, so don't be discouraged if she won't talk.” Andi puts a hand on my shoulder. “I'm sure your presence here will be a comfort to her.” “I hope so.” What if Casey doesn't even want to see me? “Let's go.
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A classic science fiction novel from bestselling author Neal Shusterman is back in print.
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