Wild Boy

 　　故事發生在維多利亞時代的倫敦，遭到遺棄的男孩被一個心狠手辣、惡名昭彰的馬戲團老闆接手撫養。這個男孩全身長滿了野獸般濃密的毛髮，只有一雙綠色的眼睛透出來，目不轉睛的盯著身旁的世界。人們叫他「Wild Boy」，但在他奇特的外表底下，卻藏著媲美福爾摩斯的觀察與推理能力。

 

 　　當馬戲團裡發生了兇殺案，Wild Boy被當成代罪羔羊，差點上了絞刑台。還好特技演員克蕾莎及時救了他，兩人一路追尋線索，找到了一個與兇殺案相關的神祕電子儀器。靠著Wild Boy超凡的推理技巧和克蕾莎靈活的身手，這對搭檔是否能找出真正的殺人兇手？(文/博客來編譯)

Murder mystery meets carnival flair in a rollicking Victorian adventure centered on a boy with a unique appearance -- and unique gifts.

In the seedy underworld of Victorian London, a boy is born and abandoned. Snatched up by an unscrupulous and abusive showman, Wild Boy, covered in hair from head to toe, becomes a sideshow freak. Isolated from other children and wickedly abused by the cruel master who bought him, Wild Boy becomes an avid observer, developing Sherlock Holmes-like deductive skills. Although he is tormented and insulted, kicked and spat at, his quick mind takes in everything he sees. When a murder occurs at the fair, Wild Boy is hastily accused. Can he use his powers of deduction to save himself? And will the talented and spunky young acrobat Clarissa be with him -- or against him? Readers will be swept along by the cinematic pace, immersed in the vivid historical setting, and gripped by suspense as they wait to find out if a better fate could possibly await someone so very different.

作者簡介

　　Rob Lloyd Jones is the author of more than thirty books, primarily historical nonfiction and adaptations of classic literature. He writes for television and is a senior editor at Usborne. Rob Lloyd Jones lives in London.