Winner of the Newbery Medal

A New York Times Bestseller

 

Thoughtful, strong-willed sixth-grader Merci Suarez navigates difficult changes with friends, family, and everyone in between in a resonant new novel from Meg Medina.

 

Merci Suarez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. They don’t have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition. So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be Merci’s school-assigned Sunshine Buddy, Merci becomes the target of Edna’s jealousy. Things aren't going well at home, either: Merci’s grandfather and most trusted ally, Lolo, has been acting strangely lately — forgetting important things, falling from his bike, and getting angry over nothing. No one in her family will tell Merci what's going on, so she’s left to her own worries, while also feeling all on her own at school. In a coming-of-age tale full of humor and wisdom, award-winning author Meg Medina gets to the heart of the confusion and constant change that defines middle school — and the steadfast connection that defines family.


家庭和學校生活的巨變狂潮襲來，梅西一面體悟改變的意義，一面摸索自我的定位。她下定決心，即使未來充滿不確定性，自己也已經準備好面對改變。
 
作者梅格．梅迪納擅長描寫青少年幽微的情懷以及青春期的躁動不安，被譽為美國新一代的茱蒂．布倫。她筆下的女主角梅西堅強果敢，勇於追求內心渴望的事物，對家人和朋友極為忠實。書中古巴裔家庭成員之間深厚的情感牽絆，讓人為之動容，即使至親失智症狀加劇，他們仍保持堅強樂觀，做彼此最溫暖的依靠。《梅西換檔上路》處處透露真摯的情感，真實呈現青少年成長過程中的茫然或是笨拙，而機智幽默、開朗熱情的梅西就如同一抹溫暖的光亮，照進我們的心房。

 

——中文簡介摘自小天下《梅西換檔上路》

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