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Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over. But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt of invitation finally arrives.

With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner.

Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. But she nevertheless becomes enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic with the other players in the game.

And whether Caraval is real or not, she must find Tella before the five nights of the game are over, a dangerous domino effect of consequences is set off, and her sister disappears forever.


——寫給現代女孩的《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》——
如果在終點等候的是獨角獸般美麗虛幻的願望，
你願意賭上一切，踏上這場魔魅卻危險的旅程嗎？

魔幻劇團卡拉瓦以獨特的表演形式著稱，打造絢爛奪目的城鎮，讓觀眾在這個充滿魔法的地方觀賞演出，然而這不僅是一齣戲劇，更是一場可以親自體驗的冒險遊戲。

♠警告♠
* 遊戲中有日夜顛倒的宵禁，如果日出前沒回到室內，即淘汰出局。
* 不接受金錢交易，但可以拿歌聲、祕密、記憶，甚至幾天的生命來換取想要的東西。
* 無論一切看起來多麼真實，務必謹記：它最終只是場遊戲。
* 遊戲結束之後，參加者若無法抽離導致發瘋甚至自殺，卡拉瓦劇團概不負責。

思嘉蕾住在子午帝國的邊陲小島，從小聽著卡拉瓦的傳奇故事長大，媽媽忽然失蹤後，爸爸變得性情殘暴，她和妹妹泰拉在恐懼中成長，卡拉瓦不僅是姊妹倆的兒時夢想與畢生心願，更是能暫時逃離殘酷現實的魔幻之地。

當她們收到夢寐以求的卡拉瓦邀請函，生性謹慎的思嘉蕾忍痛想把票送人，免得父親發現，兩人又得挨一頓痛打，泰拉卻將此視為擺脫父親魔掌的大好機會，於是和剛認識的帥氣水手朱利安合作，把姊姊騙到劇團表演的所在地。豈知剛抵達，思嘉蕾就與妹妹失散，遍尋不著之際，才發現妹妹遭綁架，成為今年遊戲的線索之一，眾人躍躍欲試，因為率先解開所有謎團的人，可以贏得今年的大獎：一個願望。

思嘉蕾原本只想趕緊找到泰拉、趁父親發現前盡快回家，她硬著頭皮進入遊戲，換上一件會隨她心情改變的奢華禮服，慢慢沉醉在眾多不可思議的事物中，一步一步越陷越深。即使著迷，思嘉蕾卻也開始注意到：無論是劇團員工和其他玩家都深藏不露，連她逐漸信任的朱利安似乎都有事隱瞞。

她還誤闖類似劇團後台的地道，在裡頭聽見淒厲的尖叫。五夜四天的遊戲中，就算不能贏得最後大獎，思嘉蕾是否能順利找到妹妹？甚至尋回失落已久的勇氣和對未來的想望？卡拉瓦的層層幻象之後，藏著什麼祕密？當遊戲與現實的界線漸漸模糊不清，要如何才能找到出路？

Stephanie Garber

Stephanie Garber loves Disneyland because it’s the one place on earth where she feels as if the fantastical stories she loves to write about could actually come to life.

When she's not writing young adult fantasy, she teaches creative writing at a private college in northern California, where she’s known for turning assignments into games and taking students on field trips that involve book signings.

Caraval is her first novel for young adults. She would love to hear from you on social media.