AnInvisibleSignofMyOwn 　　作者:AimeeBender艾美本德 　　作家介绍：AimeeBender’sstunningdebutcollection,TheGirlintheFlammableSkirt,provedhertobeoneofthefreshestvoicesinAmericanfiction.Now,inherfirstnovel,shebuildsonthatearlypromise. 　　内容：MonaGraywastenwhenherfathercontractedamysteriousillnessandshebecameaquitter,abandoningeachofhertalentsjustaspleasurebecameintense.Theonlythingshecan’tstopdoingismath:Sheknocksonwood,addshersteps,andmultipliespeopleintheparkagainstoneanother.WhenMonabeginsteachingmathtosecond-graders,shefindsareadyaudience.Butthedifficultandwonderfulfactsoflifekeepintruding.Shefindsherselfdrawntothenewscienceteacher,whohasanunnervingwayofseeingthroughherintricatelybuiltfaçade.Benderbrilliantlydirectshercharacters,givingthemunexpectedemotionaldepthandsettingtheminacalamitousworld,bothfancifullysurrealandstartlinglyfamiliar.