1 WHAT'S WITH MOM AND BECKETT

BY EDGAR AWARD WINNER DORI HILLESTAD BUTLER The HAUNTED LIBRARY

埃德加奖得主多里·希勒斯塔德·巴特勒著《闹鬼的图书馆》

CHAPTER 1 WHAT'S WITH MOM AND BECKETT? One... two... three... GLOW!" Little John shouted. It was nighttime, and all the solid people who lived above the library were asleep. Kaz hovered in the library entryway with his mom, pops, and little brother. They were all glowing. Kaz scrunched up his face. He gritted his teeth. He squeezed his hands into tight fists. And he tried, tried, tried to glow like the rest of his family. But no matter what he did, no matter how hard he tried, Kaz couldn't glow. "I know you can do this," Mom told Kaz as the glow faded from her body.

第一章妈妈和贝克特怎么了？ 一个……两个……三个……发光!”小约翰喊道。 这是晚上，所有住在图书馆楼上的人都睡着了。 卡兹和他的妈妈、爸爸和弟弟在图书馆的入口处徘徊。 他们都在发光。卡兹皱起了脸。 他咬紧牙关。他紧握双手握紧拳头。 他试着，试着，试着像他的家人一样发光。 但无论他做什么，无论他多么努力，卡兹都无法发光。 “我知道你能做到的，”妈妈对和子说，这时她身上的光芒渐渐消失了。

"You've mastered all your other ghost skills," Pops said. It was true. Kaz could wail now. He could also pass through solid walls and pick up solid objects. He could even transform solid objects into ghostly objects. Back when he and his family lived in the old schoolhouse, Kaz couldn't do any of those things. He could only shrink and expand. So much had happened since then. Kaz remembered how he and his brothers used to swim around the old schoolhouse. His big brother, Finn, liked to scare Kaz and Little John by sticking an arm or a leg through the Outside wall. But one day Finn stuck his head a little too far through the wall, and the wind pulled him all the way into the Outside. Grandmom and Grandpop tried to rescue him, but they couldn't. The wind blew them all away. After that, Mom and Pops tried even harder to teach Kaz his ghost skills. But before Kaz had

老爷子说：“你已经掌握了鬼魂的其他技能。” 这是真的。卡兹现在可以哭了。 他还能穿过坚固的墙壁，捡起坚固的物体。 他甚至能把实体变成幽灵。 当他和他的家人住在旧校舍里的时候，卡兹不能做任何这些事情。 他只能收缩和扩张。 从那以后发生了很多事情。 和子记得他和他的兄弟们过去是如何在旧校舍周围游泳的。 他的哥哥芬恩喜欢把一只胳膊或一条腿伸进外面的墙，吓唬卡兹和小约翰。 但是有一天，芬恩把他的头从墙里伸得太远了，风把他吹到了外面。 爷爷奶奶试着去救他，但是他们救不了。 风把他们都吹走了。 在那之后，爸爸妈妈更加努力地教卡兹做鬼的技能。 但在卡兹之前

learned any new skills, the old schoolhouse was torn down. Kaz and the rest of his family ended up in the Outside, and they all got separated in the wind. The wind blew Kaz to the library, where he met Beckett, the other ghost who lived there, and Claire. Claire was a solid girl, just Kaz's age. She could see ghosts when they weren't glowing, and she could hear ghosts when they weren't wailing. No one knew why. Claire and Kaz started a detective agency to solve ghostly mysteries and try to find Kaz's missing family. They'd found Kaz's parents last week. Now Finn was the only one left to find. Kaz was worried he'd never see Finn again. "It's getting light outside," Pops said now. "It won't be long before Claire wakes up. Try again, son." "This time don't squeeze your hands together," Mom suggested. "And don't grit your teeth. It's

学了什么新技能，旧校舍就拆掉了。 卡兹和他的家人最后到了外面，他们都在风中走散了。 风把卡兹吹到了图书馆，在那里他遇到了住在那里的另一个鬼魂贝克特和克莱尔。 克莱尔是个可靠的女孩，和卡兹一样大。 鬼魂不发光的时候她能看见，不哀号的时候她能听见。 没人知道为什么。克莱尔和卡兹成立了一家侦探事务所，以解决幽灵般的谜团，并试图找到卡兹失踪的家人。 他们上周找到了卡兹的父母。 现在只剩下芬恩了。 卡兹担心他再也见不到芬恩了。 “外面天亮了，”老爷子说。 “克莱尔很快就会醒来。 再试一次，孩子。”“这次别把你的手挤在一起了，”妈妈建议。 “不要咬牙切齿。 这是

hard to glow when you're all tensed up. Let the glow flow through your skin." "I don't know what that means," Kaz said. "You don't know what what means?" Beckett asked as he wafted into the entryway. "Oh!" he said when he saw Kaz's mom. "I'm sorry. I didn't know you were in here."

当你紧张的时候很难发光。 让你的皮肤焕发光彩。” “我不知道那是什么意思，”卡兹说。 “你不知道这是什么意思吗？”贝克特飘飘然地走进门厅时问道。 “哦！”他看到卡兹的妈妈时说。 “我很抱歉。我不知道你在这里。”