The Eyes and the Impossible

 
　　約翰內斯是一隻自由自在的狗，他生活在靠海的城市公園裡。他的工作是當「眼睛」，隨時觀察公園裡發生的大小事情，然後向三隻野牛長老回報。約翰內斯的朋友海鷗、浣熊、松鼠和鵜鶘也會一起幫忙，他們觀察公園裡的人類和動物，確保可以維持這裡的平衡秩序。
 
　　然而改變正逐漸逼近，越來越多人類、遊客來到這座公園，新的建築物拔地而起，這座建築充滿了混亂的矩形，讓約翰內斯看得著迷，居然因此被抓！幸好朋友們趕來幫忙，在一次戲劇性的救援行動之後，約翰內斯終於可以回家了。這次的經驗讓他想到一個主意，他決心從圍欄裡解救三隻野牛長老！約翰內斯該怎麼做才能完成這個不可能的任務？
 
　　由國家圖書獎獲獎作者戴夫．艾格斯（Dave Eggers）撰寫，搭配凱迪克榮譽獎得主Shawn Harris繪製的精美插圖，從狗狗約翰內斯第一人稱講述的故事有血有肉，約翰內斯展現的的友情、忠誠和對崇高目標的努力，即使計畫在最後一刻有了變化，仍讓他成為了一個值得敬佩的角色。

NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER - #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An enthralling novel for all ages by award-winning author Dave Eggers, told from the perspective of one uniquely endearing dog-- featuring beautiful color artwork with illustrations by Caldecott honoree Shawn Harris.

＂Johannes is a highly engaging narrator whose exuberance and good nature run like a bright thread through the novel’s pages.＂ --The New York Times

Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes--to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park’s elders, three ancient Bison. His friends--a seagull, a raccoon, a squirrel, and a pelican--work with him as the Assistant Eyes, observing the humans and other animals who share the park and making sure the Equilibrium is in balance.

But changes are afoot. More humans, including Trouble Travelers, arrive in the park. A new building, containing mysterious and hypnotic rectangles, goes up. And then there are the goats--an actual boatload of goats--who appear, along with a shocking revelation that changes Johannes’s view of the world.

A story about friendship, beauty, liberation, and running very, very fast, The Eyes & the Impossible will make readers of all ages see the world around them in a wholly new way.

Dave Eggers is the author of many books, including bestsellers The Every, The Monk of Mokha, The Circle, A Hologram for the King, and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. His work has been nominated for the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is the founder of McSweeney’s, an independent publishing company based in San Francisco, and cofounder of 826 National, a network of educational centers around the country offering free tutoring to kids of all backgrounds.

He lives in Northern California with his family.

Shawn Harris is the author/illustrator of Have You Ever Seen a Flower?, which won a Caldecott Honor Award. He is the illustrator of Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers, which received seven starred reviews, was an Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book, an ALA Notable, and a PW Best Book of the Year. His other picture books include Eggers’s What Can a Citizen Do (a Time Magazine Best Children’s Book), Everyone’s Awake by Colin Meloy, and A Polar Bear in the Snow by Mac Barnett.

Shawn got his start as an illustrator in the early 2000s, creating album art for bands, including his own, the Matches. He lives in Northern California and enjoys surfing.