這本書主要發生在新移民時代，一個白人小男孩Matt和爸爸蓋好了小木屋之後，爸爸決定回去接其他的家人來團圓，獨留Matt一人在森林裏守著蓋好的屋子，而在這時候，印第安人就開始出現在Matt的生活中，從一開始的排斥到彼此接受，後來變成了好朋友，冬天到來，當印第安人準備遷移到另一個地方時，而Matt的家人也遲遲未到，他們邀請他一起離開，Matt最後會決定跟他們一起走還是獨自留下來等待家人呢？這本書描寫了當時白人跟印第安人的衝突以及二個小男孩如何在這種影響下從原本的互相排斥而發展出一段深厚的友誼。適合12歲以上兒童閱讀。Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring the rest of the family to their new settlement. When he befriends Attean, an Indian chief’s grandson, he is invited to join the Beaver tribe and move north. Should Matt abandon his hopes of ever seeing his family again and go on to a new life? |
