📖 Shattered Glass

Sixteen years old Toni has always had the same fire dream for almost thirteen years. However this time, it's different because her close friend Betty is in it. She wakes up to find the orphanage burning, just like in her dreams yet this time it's in real life. Toni is considered one of the Sevens in the orphanage, the ones who are old and nearly adults. The matron, Mrs. Hazelton gives the Sevens a chance to find their relatives. Toni is given the choice to find her mother, who had left Toni behind to the orphanage. She had always pictured her mother as the one who hurt her but Toni's not sure whether it's memories or dreams. Toni rents a place to stay in Toronto, meeting Grady. Toni is happy because so far, she's already figured out her father's name (Mr. Ian Tyson), got a job and found a place to stay. During her job, she meets Ethan, who she seems to quarrel with whenever she sees him. Ethan thinks she's weird for mooning over her dad and teases her for it. The only problem is when she figures out that Ian isn't actually her father. Why did her mom abandon her? Who really is her mom? Will she ever meet her family? I really recommend this masterpiece of a novel. Shattered Glass is a story about the journey of an orphan finding out about the world and finding the truth of her identity.

岁的托妮 (Toni) 将近 13 年来一直做着同样的火灾梦。然而,这一次不同,因为她的好友贝蒂 (Betty) 也出现在梦里。她惊醒后,发现孤儿院真的着火了,就像她的梦境一样,但这次却是真实发生的。 托妮是孤儿院里的"七人组"之一——他们年纪较大,已经接近成年。孤儿院的女舍监黑泽尔顿夫人 (Mrs. Hazelton) 给了"七人组"一个机会,让他们去寻找自己的亲人。托妮可以选择去找她的母亲——那个曾把她送进孤儿院的女人。她一直认为母亲是伤害她的人,但托妮不确定这些记忆到底是真的,还是只是梦境。 托妮在多伦多租了一个住处,并遇到了格雷迪 (Grady)。她感到很欣慰,因为到目前为止,她已经查到了父亲的名字(伊恩·泰森先生,Mr. Ian Tyson)、找到了一份工作,还找到了住的地方。 在工作中,她遇到了伊森 (Ethan),每次见面都和他吵架。伊森觉得她因为执着于寻找父亲而显得有些奇怪,并时常拿这件事取笑她。然而,托妮很快发现,伊恩其实并不是她的父亲。 为什么母亲要抛弃她?她的母亲到底是谁?她还能找到自己的家人吗? 我强烈推荐这部杰作——《碎玻璃》(Shattered Glass)。这是一部关于一个孤儿探索世界、寻找自我身份真相的旅程的小说。