作者:Christine Harris & Ann James
2009年9月出版
ISBN: 9781921272530
平裝讀本,176頁
奧黛莉在半夜醒來上洗手間的路上,似乎看見了鬼!這絕對不是亳無根據的想法,因為她有一對雙胞胎的妹妹之前不幸離世,正是埋葬在這附近!
不過,奧黛莉後來發現那不是鬼,而是和她同齡、名叫做珍妮特(Janet)的澳洲原住民。原來珍妮特從社會福利機構逃了出來,想要尋找她想念的家人。奧黛莉明白家人的重要性,於是決定幫助她,但為了保護她,奧黛莉必須保守秘密。不過,這並不是一件容易的事……
這個故事可讓讀者瞥見當時澳洲的原住民政策—同化政策。其中一個做法是強制將原住民兒童從他們親生父母身邊帶走,然後交給社會福利機構或寄養家庭,這些原住民兒童從此斷了文化的根,也失去了家庭的溫暖。Audrey’s Big Secret故事感動人心,而奧黛莉打抱不平和伸張正義的勇敢行為也得到讀者的喜愛。
書評
“…Audrey is a likeable character who is loyal and caring and it is through her child’s eyes that Christine Harris can weave the themes of the love, loss and the Stolen Generation through the story and present them in a way that is ideally suited to readers six-to-10 years. You don’t necessarily need to read the Audrey books in sequence, however, after being introduced to Audrey here I did feel that I wanted to return to the first two books to fill in a
little more of the storyline.”
Candice Cappe is the bookshop manager at the
National Library of
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