Heart of a Samurai (精裝版)
Heart of a Samurai (精裝版)
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★ 美國紐伯瑞兒童文學榮譽獎
In 1841, a Japanese fishing vessel sinks. Its crew is forced to swim to a small, unknown island, where they are rescued by a passing American ship. Japan's borders remain closed to all Western nations, so the crew sets off to America, learning English on the way.
In 1841, a Japanese fishing vessel sinks. Its crew is forced to swim to a small, unknown island, where they are rescued by a passing American ship. Japan's borders remain closed to all Western nations, so the crew sets off to America, learning English on the way.
Manjiro, a fourteen-year-old boy, is curious and eager to learn everything he can about this new culture. Eventually the captain adopts Manjiro and takes him to his home in New England. The boy lives for some time in New England, and then heads to San Francisco to pan for gold. After many years, he makes it back to Japan, only to be imprisoned as an outsider. With his hard-won knowledge of the West, Manjiro is in a unique position to persuade the shogun to ease open the boundaries around Japan; he may even achieve his unlikely dream of becoming a samurai.
一八四一年，一位14歲的日本少年萬次郎跟著4位漁夫出海，遇到暴風雨，困在無人島。當時的日本人認為外面的世界，到處充滿妖魔鬼怪和野蠻人，不但禁止外國船隻停靠，連漂流在外的日本人也不能回國，違者一律處死！
有一天，一艘路過的美國捕鯨船救起萬次郎一行人。萬次郎的好奇心戰勝了對「野蠻人」的恐懼。他加入捕鯨的行列，用勇氣、智慧征服海中巨獸，贏得友誼和尊重。他努力充實自己，學習新文化、新知識。接下來十年間，他乘著捕鯨船，航行各大洋，造訪許多從未聽過的地方。
這是充滿文化衝擊、充滿新經驗、挑戰、冒險和尋找自我的旅程。雖然萬次郎明白漁夫永遠不可能成為武士，也明白回家只有死路一條，但是他依然堅持夢想，他要回到故鄉、回到日本，他要成為一名改變世界的武士……
——中文簡介摘自小天下出版《鯨武士》
自1922年以來，「紐伯瑞獎 ( The Newbery Medal )」致力於促進美國兒童文學的創作與發展。此獎項以18世紀受譽「兒童文學之父」的英國出版商約翰．紐伯瑞 ( John Newbery )命名，推崇其「快樂至上」精神，挑選出國內眾多優秀作品。多年來，紐伯瑞獎不僅在美國，更在全球兒童文學界發揮著巨大的影響力。
紐伯瑞獎的入選與得獎作品涵蓋了豐富多元的題材和類別，囊括各種類型小說與具時代意義的創作。這些優秀作品的內容貼合世界發展的趨勢，不僅打開對兒童發展的視野，更展現出對人文的深刻關懷。
