中文简介:
劳伦·詹姆斯(Lauren James)的小说以一个濒临生态灾难边缘的近未来世界为背景,是一部扣人心弦,诙谐而浪漫的号召。
加布里埃尔是一名气候变化活动家,当她成为第 一个展现出从皮肤上种植植物的超自然能力的青少年时,她一举成名。海丝特是一位石油大亨的千金,也是家族企业的继承人。西奥出身于一个渔民世家,但他的父母正努力维持生计。从表面上看,这三个人几乎没有什么共同之处。然而,当海丝特和西奥跟随加布里埃尔和世界各地的其他青少年一起开发奇怪的新“绿手指”能力时,很明显,要利用他们的能力做善事,他们需要学会合作。但是,在这个腐败和贪婪盛行的时代,有很多渴望利润的组织想要利用“绿手指”达到自己的目的。并不是每个人都希望看到地球被拯救……
当他们在初恋和家庭期望中挣扎时,这三个青少年能否完成最终的竞逐并带来一个绿色的地球?
英文简介:
Set in a near-future world on the brink of ecological catastrophe, Lauren James's novel is a gripping, witty and romantic call to arms.
Gabrielle is a climate-change activist who shoots to fame when she becomes the first teenager to display a supernatural ability to grow plants from her skin. Hester is the millionaire daughter of an oil tycoon and the face of the family business. Theo comes from a long line of fishermen, but his parents are struggling to make ends meet.On the face of it, the three have very little in common. Yet when Hester and Theo join Gabrielle and legions of other teenagers around the world in developing the strange new "Greenfingers" power, it becomes clear that to use their ability for good, they'll need to learn to work together. But in a time of widespread corruption and greed, there are plenty of profit-hungry organizations who want to use the Greenfingers for their own ends. And not everyone would like to see the Earth saved...
As they navigate first love and family expectations, can the three teenagers pull off the ultimate heist and bring about a green rising ?