怦然心动（英文版）〔文德琳·范·德拉安南〕

文德琳·范·德拉安南编著的《怦然心动》是在网络获得极高赞誉的电影《怦然心动》的同名原著，描述了青春期中男孩女孩之间的有趣战争。

中文简介 · · · · · ·

朱莉安娜·贝克虔诚地相信三件事：树是圣洁的，特别是她最爱的无花果树；她在后院里饲养的鸡下的蛋是最卫生的；总有一天她会和布莱斯·罗斯基接吻。二年级时，在看到布莱斯蓝眼睛的那一瞬间，朱莉的心就被他击中了。不幸的是，布莱斯对她从来都没有感觉。而且，他认为朱莉有点怪，怎么会有人把养鸡和坐在树上看成乐趣呢？没想到，到了八年级，布莱斯开始觉得朱莉不同寻常的兴趣和对于家庭的自豪感使她显得很有魅力。而朱莉则开始觉得布莱斯漂亮的蓝眼睛也许和他本人一样，其实很空洞。毕竟，怎么会有人不把别人对树和鸡的感觉当回事呢？

英文简介 · · · · · ·

The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. She says: “My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss.” He says: “It’s been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort.” But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down. And just as he’s thinking there’s more to her than meets the eye, she’s thinking that he’s not quite all he seemed. This is a classic romantic comedy of errors told in alternating chapters by two fresh, funny new voices. Wendelin Van Draanen is at her best here with a knockout cast of quirky characters and a hilarious series of misunderstandings and missed opportunities. But underlying the humor are two teens in transition. They are each learning to look beyond the surface of people, both figuring out who they are, who they want to be, and who they want to be with.

作者简介 · · · · · ·

文德琳·范·德拉安南是美国著名的儿童作家，她1965年出生在芝加哥一个贫穷的工人家庭，父母都是狂热的文学爱好者。童年的生活，没有可口的零食和漂亮的洋娃娃，每当夜幕降临，父母下班回到家，这便是文德琳最幸福的时光，她和几个哥哥围在炉子旁，听母亲日复一日地给他们讲故事。这样的经历，造就了日后最为经典的《萨米凯斯》系列小说，前后四次荣获埃德加爱伦坡奖。