作者/[美] 加裏•施密特

美國著名兒童文學作傢，曾兩度榮獲紐伯瑞兒童文學奬。2005年，《我摸到瞭一條鯨魚》成為首部同時獲得紐伯瑞兒童文學奬和普林茲青少年文學奬的作品，並被美國圖書館協會、《學校圖書館期刊》評為年度好書。2008年，《星期三的戰爭》再度摘得紐伯瑞兒童文學奬。目前是密歇根州加爾文學院英語係教授。

譯者/柳筠

柳筠，資深童書譯者。翻譯齣版過40餘部兒童文學作品，如暢銷兒童文學作品《手斧男孩》（校譯）、《我在雨中等你》（青少版）、《加勒比海盜前傳：傑剋船長傳奇》係列、《加菲貓妙想故事》係列、《魔寵》係列、《瘋狂的百科：課本裏學不到的曆史》（上下冊）等。

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It only takes a few hours for Turner Buckminster to start hating Phippsburg, Maine. No one in town will let him forget that he's a minister's son, even if he doesn't act like one. But then he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a smart and sassy girl from a poor nearby island community founded by former slaves. Despite his father's-and the town's-disapproval of their friendship, Turner spends time with Lizzie, and it opens up a whole new world to him, filled with the mystery and wonder of Maine's rocky coast.

The two soon discover that the town elders, along with Turner's father, want to force the people to leave Lizzie's island so that Phippsburg can start a lucrative tourist trade there. Turner gets caught up in a spiral of disasters that alter his life-but also lead him to new levels of acceptance and maturity.

This sensitively written historical novel, based on the true story of a community's destruction, highlights a unique friendship during a time of change. Author's note.