基本信息·出版社：Scholastic Paperbacks ·页码：304 页 ·出版日期：2008年01月 ·ISBN：0439724538 ·条形码：9780439724531 ·装帧：简装 ·正文语种 ...
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基本信息·出版社：Scholastic Paperbacks
·页码：304 页
·出版日期：2008年01月
·ISBN：0439724538
·条形码：9780439724531
·装帧：简装
·正文语种：英语
·外文书名：告诉我你所看到的
内容简介 Lost in a cemetery, Alissa stumbles into a crypt, where she finds a veinous purple plant growing up through the lid of a casket. Weirdly compelled, she opens the coffin and cuts off the growth, which had wormed its roots into the corpse's rotting heart. Soon, the hypnotic plant has taken hold of Alissa, too. Seduced by visions, she starts to lose sight of reality. And her kiss now carries a terrible power. Can her best friend, Evelin, save her from her strange, consuming passions--and from Simon, her crazed stalker ex?
作者简介 ZORAN DRVENKAR lives in Berlin, Germany. He has written many books for teens; Tell Me What You See is the first to be published in English.
编辑推荐 From School Library Journal Grade 8 Up–Ever since Alissas father died, she and her friend Evelin have made a midnight pilgrimage to his grave every Christmas. But this year Berlin is covered in snow, and while searching for the grave, Alissa falls into a crypt where she finds a childs coffin with a strange plant growing from it. Seduced by the plant, Alissa eats it and finds that it has given her powers. She can see strange people who transform into ravens, are invisible to everyone else, and who appear to comfort the dying. She also develops the ability to call back the dead, although she does not immediately realize what she is doing. Evelin watches in horror as Alissa seeks to figure things out and avoid her ex-boyfriend, who has become frighteningly obsessive. This is an odd, often confusing story in which much is left unexplained. The people Alissa sees are almost like angels, but they are cold and uncompromising; the plant was the dead boys undeveloped gift, but why his unfulfilled potential takes over Alissa or causes her to develop these abilities is unclear. Still, the ambience is undeniable, and the elements behind the supernatural mystery, such as Alissas relationships with her mother and stepfather, are evocative and ring true. Readers seeking a truly unusual horror story may find some satisfaction, despite the flaws, but most will prefer Charles de Lints
The Blue Girl (Viking, 2004), which covers similar territory more effectively.
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