Slobber Dragon

Author: Guanqiqi
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Publish Date: 2007-03-01
Features: Reading Guanqiqi's young adult novels often evokes a sense of surprise, a reading experience filled with stark contrasts. These stories clearly retain the author's memories and feelings from her own youth. From her world of young adult fiction, readers discover the rich and profound depths of her personality and spirit, especially her sensitive, thoughtful, delicate, and inclusive nature. They are amazed by her nuanced grasp of the psychological world of young girls and boys, deeply moved by her profound understanding of their spiritual growth. The introspection and restlessness, fantasies and confusion, passion and helplessness, loss and growth of adolescence are depicted with empathy, naturalness, and beauty in her writing—those secret teenage emotions, those unique spiritual growth journeys of young girls and boys—truly are wonderful and moving. Guanqiqi's novels, with their concise, brisk, and dramatic narratives, as well as their rich and touching emotional portrayals, have won the hearts of both young and adult readers in Taiwan.
Adolescence is a time of life that is pure and untainted, and every child's heart is a small world filled with a sweet fragrance. This book is one of the young adult series by Taiwanese author Guanqiqi. The introspection and restlessness, fantasies and confusion, passion and helplessness, loss and growth of adolescence are depicted with empathy, naturalness, and beauty in her writing—those secret teenage emotions, those unique spiritual growth journeys of young girls and boys—truly are wonderful and moving. The novels, with their concise, brisk, and dramatic narratives, as well as their rich and touching emotional portrayals, accompany children as they take steady and confident steps in life.
This book is exclusively published in China by Zhejiang Juvenile and Children's Publishing House, authorized by the renowned Taiwanese female author Guanqiqi. Guanqiqi is currently the best-selling young adult literary author in Taiwan, a recipient of the Taiwan Golden Award, and the winner of the Best Children's Book at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Her works have captivated Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia, earning a high reputation among overseas Chinese readers and being an idol for the new generation of young adult readers. Her stories depict exaggerated yet whimsical worlds, filled with laughter. This is the first time that a relatively comprehensive introduction of works by a popular Taiwanese young adult literary author has been brought to mainland China. It is believed to bring great surprise and fulfillment to young readers.