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Award-winning author Gordon Korman has a knack1. His characters voices have always had the ring of authenticity2， allowing the readers to fully understand the motivations and feelings of the full cast. Kormans latest standalone book， Restart， is no different.

The story begins with eighth-grader Chase Ambrose waking up in the hospital with amnesia3. His mother， whom he doesnt recognize， informs him that he fell off the roof of their house. Chase not only doesnt remember that—he remembers nothing of his 13 years.

At first， Chase is desperate4 to get his memory back， but as he begins the school year and pieces together who he used to be， Chase starts to think that maybe it would be best not to know. Why are so many kids afraid of him？ Why doesnt he like the guys who used to be his best friends？ Can he really start over as a “new” person？

Told in first-person chapters by Chase and several other characters， the story builds as the lost parts of a life are found and refitted. By using multiple voices—especially those of the bully5 and the victim—Korman has taken the subject of bullying to a new place. This refreshing perspective， along with his ability to uncannily6 tap into the middle schoolers mind， makes Kormans latest a must-have for any school or library.

獲獎(jiǎng)作家戈登·科爾曼有一個(gè)技巧。他筆下人物的情感總是帶有真實(shí)性的光環(huán)，讓讀者能夠充分理解角色的動(dòng)機(jī)和感受?？茽柭钚碌囊槐緯吨貑ⅰ芬彩侨绱?。

故事從八年級(jí)的蔡斯·安布羅斯在醫(yī)院里醒來，得了失憶癥開始。他不認(rèn)識(shí)的母親告訴他，他從他們家的房頂上摔了下來。蔡斯不只是不記得這件事兒，他失去了過去13年的所有記憶。

起初，蔡斯很想找回自己的記憶，但當(dāng)蔡斯開始了新學(xué)年，開始拼湊出他以前的樣子時(shí)，他開始認(rèn)為最好不要知道他的過往。為什么這么多孩子怕他？他為什么不喜歡那些曾經(jīng)是他最好的朋友的人呢？他真的能重新做人嗎？

在找回并重組生命中缺失的部分的同時(shí)，這個(gè)故事由蔡斯和其他幾個(gè)人物在第一人稱章節(jié)中的講述構(gòu)架了起來。通過多個(gè)角色吐露心聲，特別是恃強(qiáng)凌弱者和被欺負(fù)的人的心聲，科爾曼將欺凌這一主題帶入了一個(gè)新的領(lǐng)域。這一令人耳目一新的角度，加上非比尋常地挖掘中學(xué)生思想的能力，使科曼的最新作品成為了每所學(xué)?；驁D書館的必備品。