★美國紐伯瑞兒童文學銀牌獎


Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada’s twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn’t waste a minute—she sneaks out to join him. So begins a new adventure of Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan—and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands of their mother?


9 歲的艾妲從未離開過只有一間寢室的公寓。艾妲的母親覺得她那扭曲的雙腳實在太丟人，便不讓她出門。所以在弟弟傑米搭船離開倫敦躲避戰火時，艾妲毫不猶豫偷偷跟上了船。不論是對艾妲或是被迫收留她們姊弟的蘇珊．史密斯來說，前面將是一段全新的冒險。後來艾妲自己學會了騎馬、讀書、以及如何注意德國間諜，也開始蘇珊，而蘇珊也開始喜愛上艾妲和傑米。但他們之間的情誼能夠一直讓他們緊緊相依熬過戰爭嗎？還是艾妲和傑米又會落回母親的魔掌呢？