★ 美國紐伯瑞兒童文學金牌獎

Sixteen-year-old Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1687. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave her beloved home on the island of Barbados and join a family she has never met.

Torn between her quest for belonging and her desire to be true to herself, Kit struggles to survive in a hostile place. Just when it seems she must give up, she finds a kindred spirit. But Kit’s friendship with Hannah Tupper, believed by the colonists to be a witch, proves more taboo than she could have imagined and ultimately forces Kit to choose between her heart and her duty.

Elizabeth George Speare won the 1959 Newbery Medal for this portrayal of a heroine whom readers will admire for her unwavering sense of truth as well as her infinite capacity to love.


1687年，16歲的戴吉蒂來到陌生的殖民地康乃迪克的海岸，自那時起，她便忍受眾人對她的猜疑和非難。吉蒂被迫離開自己在巴貝島上溫暖的家，來到素未謀面的家庭，她既孤單又絕望，在這充滿敵意的地方努力求生。她不斷在追尋歸屬感和忠於真實的自己之間猶豫掙扎，正當她不得不放棄之時，她遇見了一個善良的人。

然而杜漢娜是當地人眼中的女巫，吉蒂和她的友情比她想像中的有更多忌諱。最後，吉蒂被迫在她的感情和職責中做出選擇。

伊莉莎白‧喬治‧斯匹爾憑本書贏得 1959 年紐伯瑞兒童文學金牌獎。本書描繪一名女英雄的故事，她堅決追求真相也不畏懼去愛，讀者一定會愛上她！


【適讀程度】
 Age Range: 9 - 12 years