Best of All Worlds (The Times Children's Book of the Year 2025)

少年 Xavier 原本只是被迫參加一次家庭週末旅行，卻在醒來後發現自己與家人被困在一道無法逃離的透明圓頂中。沒有監視者，沒有出口，只有被「提供」的食物與牲畜，彷彿被放進一場無聲的實驗。三年過去，當另一個價值觀與政治立場截然不同的家庭突然出現，封閉空間內的秩序開始動搖，青少年情感、權力焦慮與生存本能交織，衝突逐步升高，走向難以挽回的結果。作者 Kenneth Oppel 以冷靜而尖銳的筆觸，描寫恐懼、道德與選擇的界線。本書獲選 THE TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025。

What should be a relaxing weekend away from the city becomes the stuff of nightmares when Xavier and his family wake up to discover themselves trapped inside a dome with no escape, no sign of captors, and just one other family whose political and moral compasses are very different... an explosive story of survival, teenage passions and an invisible enemy.

THE TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025.

'There's deep disquiet in this dystopian thriller' – Daily Mail

'A spellbinding and chilling fable' – Financial Times

'Hugely thought-provoking, frequently frustrating, this speculative YA novel will stay in the mind long after it’s finished' – The Guardian

When Xavier wakes up on the first morning of an enforced family weekend away with his pregnant step-mum and dad, he doesn't recognise where they are; it's as if the house has inexplicably been transported to the set of a video game, inside an impenetrable dome where the family have been 'donated' chickens, goats, wheat to help them survive. There is no trace of their mysterious captors and no way to escape.

Three years later, he's sixteen and resigned to life without the internet, other people, let alone a girlfriend... when suddenly another family appears, one with vastly contrasting political ideologies and priorities. In the confines of this strange world, Xavier and 17-year-old gorgeous Mackenzie are thrown together, Mackenzie's erratic father becomes obsessively fixated on escape, and tensions between the two families begin to rise with devastating and tragic consequences...

Kenneth Oppel's most thrilling novel to date is challenging, provocative and unforgettable.