Prairie Lotus is a powerful, touching, multilayered book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father’s shop, and making at least one friend. Acclaimed, award-winning author Linda Sue Park has placed a young half-Asian girl, Hanna, in a small town in America’s heartland, in 1880. Hanna’s adjustment to her new surroundings, which primarily means negotiating the townspeople’s almost unanimous prejudice against Asians, is at the heart of the story. Narrated by Hanna, the novel has poignant moments yet sparkles with humor, introducing a captivating heroine whose wry, observant voice will resonate with readers. Afterword.


本書是一本強大、感人、層次豐富的書，講述了一個女孩決心融入環境並實現自己的夢想：接受教育，在父親店裡當一名裁縫師，並至少交到一個朋友。備受讚譽的獲獎作家琳達•蘇•帕克將一位年輕的半亞裔女孩漢娜安排在一八八零年美國中心地帶的一個小鎮。故事的核心在講述漢娜對新環境的適應，主要是指她設法改變市民對亞裔的成見。這部小說由漢娜口述，故事深刻詼諧，內容介紹了一位迷人的女主角，她嘲諷、敏銳的聲音將引發讀者的共鳴。附後記。

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