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Gypsy, the 12-year-old narrator, is excited when her cousin Woodrow moves in with their grandparents next door. Woodrow's mother, married to a coal miner in a remote holler, has disappeared without a trace, and Gypsy hopes that Woodrow will divulge some new clues. Instead, she gets a best friend, someone who, in spite of unwelcome attention for having crossed eyes and being "Belle Prater's boy," charms everyone in school with his good-natured if mischievous wit. Gypsy cannot understand Woodrow's self-possession in the wake of his mother's desertion, but Woodrow, on the other hand, understands Gypsy's pain at her father's long-ago suicide better than Gypsy does. Pitching her narrative in a genial, mountain-folks twang, White creates vivacious, memorable characters whose openheartedness should not be mistaken for naivete. A Newbery Honor book. Ages 12 and up.

本书荣获1997年纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖。十二岁的姬赛性情好，功课好，钢琴弹得也好，爱说笑话，最讨厌照顾自己一头金色的头发。如果她的亲生父亲在她五岁的时候没有自杀的话，那姬赛就是全天下最幸福的女孩了……梧罗是姬赛的表哥，戴眼镜、斗眼、爱看漫画、爱交朋友、爱打抱不平，而且是个讲故事的高手。可是一天清晨，他的妈妈却突然失踪了……姬赛与梧罗的人生，从他们俩住在外婆家的那一天起，就变得和以前一点儿都不一样了……面对这些连大人都觉得头痛的问题，他们俩又是如何应对的呢？在寻找真相的过程中，姬赛终于能够有勇气面对爸爸自杀的事实，结束了她的噩梦；而梧罗也因为他的坚强、豁达而成了全校的“风云人物”……