成长是青少年文学作品的永恒主题。最受美国青少年喜爱的作家盖瑞·伯森的两本获得纽伯瑞文学奖银奖的成长小说《手斧男孩》和《狗儿之歌》,展现了布莱恩和罗素尔两个男孩在荒野里孤单旅行后逐渐走向身心成熟,长大成人的历程。男孩的成长历程酷似作者的成长和生活,是作者成长人生的写照,生活经历的再现。 Growth is the eternal theme of young literary works. Two of the most grown-up novels “Hand Ax” and “Dog’s Song” won by Newbury Award for Literature, best-loved teenager Gary Bernson, show Bryant and Russell both boys in the wilderness Lonely travel gradually toward maturity, the process of growing up. The growth of the boy resembles the author’s growth and life, is the portrayal of the author’s life growth, life experience reproduction.