★ 美國紐伯瑞兒童文學銀牌獎


To Janey Larkin, the blue willow plate was the most beautiful thing in her life, a symbol of the home she could only dimly remember. Now that her father was an itinerant worker, Janey didn't have a home she could call her own or any real friends, as her family had to keep moving, following the crops from farm to farm. Someday, Janey promised the willow plate, with its picture of a real house, her family would once again be able to set down roots in a community. Blue Willow is an important fictional account of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, and has been called The Grapes of Wrath for children. It won a Newbery Honor and many other awards.


對珍妮‧拉金而言，她這輩子最珍貴的東西就是一個藍色楊柳瓷盤，那代表著她的家──一個她幾乎記不得的家。珍妮的父親是流動工人，必須隨著農場的收成季四處遷移，所以她並沒有真正的朋友或是一個她可以稱之為家的地方。這個楊柳瓷盤上畫有一間真正的房子，珍妮對它許諾，有朝一日，他們一定能在這塊土地上再次落地生根。本書意義重大 ， 描述了當時美國黑色風暴以及經濟大蕭條時期的情形，而且被譽為兒童版《憤怒的葡萄》。本書曾獲紐伯利獎及其他多項大獎。