In Spanish, Amistad means friendship. It was also the name of a slave ship. In 1838, the Amistad took hundreds of kidnapped Africans on a long journey across the Atlantic, but the brave captives would not give up their freedom, taking over the ship so they could sail back to their homeland. Patricia C. McKissack, Caldecott and Newbery Honor Winner as well as a three-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, recounts an amazing chapter in American history for beginning readers.


在西班牙文中，Amistad 是友誼的意思，它同樣也是一艘奴隸船的名字。在 1838 年，阿米斯塔德號 (Amistad) 承載著數百位被綁架的非洲人橫渡大西洋，但這群勇敢的俘虜並沒有放棄自由的權利，他們搶下那艘船，並駛回自己的家鄉。作者派翠西亞．麥基撒克曾獲得《凱迪克獎》、《紐伯瑞金牌獎》及三次《科麗塔‧斯科特‧金圖書獎》，描述了美國史上不可思議的篇章，適合初學者閱讀。


【適讀程度】
 Age Range: 8 - 9 years