The School Story

　　佐伊是娜塔莉最好的朋友，他覺得娜塔莉寫得小說很棒，很值得出版。但是一個十二歲的小女生，有出版社願意幫她出書嗎？佐伊想到了一個辦法：娜塔莉可以取個筆名，偽裝成大人，由佐伊來當她的經紀人。不過，兩個六年級生想在大人的世界裡出頭可不容易，即使得到了大人的幫助，還是會因為年紀太小而被質疑啊！在爾虞我詐的大人世界中，娜塔莉有機會成為真正的作家嗎？娜塔莉的故事帶領讀者發現創意的無限以及成功必備的行動力，是每個孩子與大人追夢時的最佳借鏡。

　　Twelve-year-old Natalie Nelson has written a powerful school story. It’s a short novel called “The Cheater,” and her best friend Zoe is certain it should be published. All Natalie has to do is give the manuscript to her mom, an editor at a big publishing house. However Natalie doesn’t want any favors from her mom. Still, Zoe won’t drop the idea.

　　Spurred into action, Natalie invents a pen name for herself and Zoe becomes a self-styled literary agent. But if the girls are to succeed, they’ll need support from their wary English teacher, legal advice from Zoe’s tough-talking father, and some clever maneuvering to outwit the overbearing editor in chief of Shipley Junior Books.

　　Andrew Clements, the best-selling author of Frindle, The Landry News, and The Janitor’ Boy, delights his audience with this story of two irrepressible girls who use their talent, ingenuity, and a little cunning to try to make a young writer’s dream come true.

　　★本書中譯本《作弊》由遠流出版

作者簡介

安德魯．克萊門斯(Andrew Clements)

　　美國備受歡迎與敬重的暢銷作家，著作超過五十本。克萊門斯為兒童創作圖畫書，也為青少年寫小說。他最著名的作品是也是他的第一本小說《我們叫它粉靈豆─Frindle》，一出版即暢銷，長踞《紐約時報》暢銷書排行榜，在美國已銷售超過兩百萬冊，獲獎數十次，並售出德、法、義、英、日、韓......等十餘國版權。

　　克萊門斯從中學時代即開始寫詩，他曾有一首詩被英文老師評為「太有趣了，這可以出版！」，開啟了他後來的作家之路。他還曾當過中學教師、為歌手創作歌曲，也曾在出版社擔任主編工作。目前則是專職作家，住在美國麻薩諸塞州。

　　Andrew Clements is the author of the enormously popular Frindle. Over ten million of his books have sold to date and he has been nominated for a multitude of state awards and has won two Christopher Awards and an Edgar Award. His popular works include Extra Credit, Lost and Found, No Talking, Room One, Lunch Money and more.  He is also the author of the Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School series. Mr. Clements taught in the public schools near Chicago for seven years before moving East to begin a career in publishing and writing. He lives with his wife in central Massachusetts and has four grown children.  His website is andrewclements.com.

　　Brian Selznick is the author and illustrator of the bestselling The Invention of Hugo Cabret, which was awarded the Caldecott Medal and was a National Book Award finalist. He is also the illustrator of many books for children, including Frindle and Lunch Money by Andrew Clements, as well as the Doll People trilogy by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin, and The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley, which was a Caldecott Honor Book. Mr. Selznick divides his time between Brooklyn, New York, and San Diego, California.