書中的小男孩Ned在不經父親的允許下，私自從閣樓往樹林的方向開了一槍，看到樹林裏晃動的影子以及從來在老人家出現的獨眼貓，他一直以為是他射穿了那隻貓的眼睛，又因為害怕而不敢將這件事告訴任何人，於是每天心存著贖罪的心態到老人家看貓，也在這個同時他跟老人的忘年之交的友誼也因這隻貓而日漸深厚，每天回家望著削弱母親的身影，卻不敢老實說出來。一直到老人臨死之前才鼓起勇氣說出來，而老人卻再也無法回答。而原本Ned認為家中的舊管家也在那一晚看到了，可是最後事實的真相卻令人感到意外，Ned會把這個秘密放在心裏多久呢？他會勇敢去說出這放在心裏已久的秘密嗎？適合12歲以上兒童閱讀。
A Single Shot
Ned fired the forbidden rifle just once, at a flickering shadow in the autumn moonlight. But someone -- a face, fleetingly seen staring at him from an attic window -- was watching.
And when a one-eyed cat turns up at an elderly neighbor's woodshed, Ned is caught in a web of guilt, fear, and shame that he cannot escape -- until another moonlit night, come spring, brings redemption and surprising revelations.
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