《乐琪的神奇力量》 The Higher Power of Lucky
简介：乐琦是一个十岁的小女孩。她的妈妈在一场暴风雨后触电身亡。爸爸不愿意照顾乐琦，就把自己的法国前妻布瑞琪请来，成了乐琦的临时监护人。乐琦担心布瑞琪做好了返回法国的准备，因此心跌入谷底，她决心通过离家出走让布瑞琪意识到自己有多么爱乐琦。于是，在一个沙暴肆虐的下午，乐琦背上沉沉的救生背包，向沙漠深处走去……
Intro: When Lucky's mother is electrocuted and dies after a storm, Lucky's absentee father calls his ex-wife, Brigitte, to fly over from France to be Lucky's guardian. Lucky is now worried that Brigitte is ready to return to France, so she fell to the rock bottom of her life. She is determined to let Brigitte realize how much she loves Lucky by running away from home. So, in a dust storm, Lucky lugs the world’s heaviest survival-kit backpack into the desert...
乐琪不幸的身世让人触动，她在小小年纪就思考努力掌握自己命运的精神更让人感动，非常适合孩子阅读。书中语言细腻，动作行为很有画面感，值得揣摩。
英语要点总结：
...squirt ketchup straight on your tongue...将番茄酱直接挤在舌头
She tried to gouge the bug out (捞出) of her ear with her finger but couldn't reach it...
She leaped to her feet, holding her head sideways 跳起来，把头侧向一边
...twisted shut the top of the black plastic trash bag...拧住黑塑料垃圾袋的顶部#英语书中的宝藏# #启蒙情感故事# #推荐孩子读的书# #剑桥分级阅读# #儿童成长读物# #今天读的绘本#
