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　　What happens when you feel so hurt by, and angry at, yourfamily's stinging words that you tear right out the front door? Inmany a classic children's story, the protagonist just keeps onrunning--setting off on a thrilling, dangerous adventure that turnsout to be a cautionary tale about the risks of that great big worldout there and a reinforcement of the fact that they only safe placeto be is back home with your family.

In William Steig's terrific new title, the young fireplug-shaped,spiky-haired hero named Spinky does not run away and learn hislesson. Instead, he hits the grass outside his home and collapsesinto the world's longest, most impermeable funk. Completely muteand physically unresponsive(his arm hangs "like a noodle" when hismother reaches for it), Spinky practically turns into an inanimateobject. As the days go by, his older siblings "kept finding him inweird places" where they'd "try to pry a word out of him, or they'djust pass him by." In time, Spinky becomes so adept

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史塔克1907年出生于美国纽约，他的家人都从事与艺术相关的工作，因此他成为一名漫画家也就不出奇了。史塔克凭借出众的才华被《新闻周刊》誉为“漫画之王”，曾担任著名杂志《纽约客》艺术总监长达30年之久。他创作的《驴小弟变石头》和 《会说话的骨头》分别获得1970年以及1977年凯迪克金奖、银奖，1976年的《老鼠阿贝漂流记》和 1983年的《老鼠牙医生》都获得了纽伯瑞银奖。其他深受欢迎的作品还有《斯宾奇发脾气》《小老鼠和大鲸鱼》等，以及被改编成电影的《怪物史莱克》等。他本人在1988年获得国际安徒生奖画家奖的提名。 　　威廉·史塔克于2003年10月逝世。

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