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立即成为《纽约时报》畅金肖书 “卢卡斯·杜波依斯证明，只要始终坚持正义，一只小猫也可以成为蕞勇敢的狮子。” ——艾伦·格拉茨， 《纽约时报》畅金肖书《难民》作者

这位广受好评的《纽约时报》畅金肖书《帕克斯》作者写了一本历史小说，讲述了一名二战期间的孤儿在加入抵抗组织后发现自己内心意想不到的勇气。

小闪电泡芙。孤儿院的其他男孩就是这么称呼卢卡斯·杜波依斯的。卢卡斯厌倦了自己懦弱的名声，就像他厌倦了战争和纳粹占领他的法国村庄一样。他渴望展示自己有多么勇敢。

当他从残忍的男孩手中救出一窝小猫并将它们带到一个废弃的马厩来照顾它们时，他得到了机会。在那里，他遇到了一个不太高兴见到他的陌生人：爱丽丝，一位驯马师的女儿，她正在把自己的小母马藏起来，不让德国士兵发现。

很快卢卡斯开始意识到他们并不是村里惟Ⅰ拥有秘密的人。德国妇产院的管家和孤儿院的牧师传递密码信息；一位年轻的母媇在家中制定了危险的计划，以防止她的孩子被强行收养；镇上的邻居可能藏匿着一个犹太家庭。

卢卡斯受到周围看似不可能的英雄的鼓舞，被迫决定他愿意冒多大的风险来进行蕞勇敢的救援。

这本通俗易懂的小说非常适合艾伦·格拉茨、鲁塔·塞佩蒂斯和金伯利·布鲁贝克·布拉德利的，它以简短的章节讲述了二战历史中鲜为人知的一面。

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An Instant New York TimesBestseller \n \n“Lucas DuBois is proof that a mere

kitten can be the bravest of lions by\nalways standing up for what\'s right.”

―Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling\nauthor of Refugee \n \nThe acclaimed,

New York Times bestselling author of Pax delivers an historical\nnovel about

an orphan during WWII who discovers unexpected courage within\nhimself when he

becomes involved with the Resistance. \n \nPetit éclair. That’s what the other

boys at the orphanage call Lucas DuBois.\nLucas is tired of his cowardly

reputation, just as he’s tired of the war and\nthe Nazi occupation of his

French village. He longs to show how brave he can\nbe. \n \nHe gets the chance

when he saves a litter of kittens from cruel boys and\nbrings them to an

abandoned stable to care for them. There he comes upon a\nstranger who is none

too happy to see him: Alice, the daughter of a horse\ntrainer, who is hiding

her filly from German soldiers. \n \nSoon Lucas begins to realize they are not

the only ones in the village with\nsecrets. The housekeeper at the German

maternity home and a priest at the\norphanage pass coded messages; a young

mother at the home makes dangerous\nplans to keep her baby from forced

adoption; and a neighbor in town may be\nharboring a Jewish family. \n

\nEmboldened by the unlikely heroes all around him, Lucas is forced to

decide\nhow much he is willing to risk to make the most courageous rescue of

all. \n \nPerfect for fans of Alan Gratz, Ruta Sepetys, and Kimberly Brubaker

Bradley,\nthis accessible novel, told in short chapters, illuminates a little-

known\naspect of World War II history.\n\n