【百件洋裝背後，無法釋懷的歉意】
The Hundred Dresses
☆1946紐伯瑞文學銀獎☆
來自波蘭的女孩Wanda Petronski，因為每天穿著同一件破舊的藍洋裝被同學們嘲笑，她的波蘭名字更是雪上加霜。每當班上女孩懷著惡意問Wanda有幾件洋裝時，Wanda總堅稱自己有一百件洋裝，各種顏色和材質，應有盡有。女孩們當然不信，仍天天欺負著Wanda。
某天女孩們親眼見到Wanda的一百件洋裝，她們才發覺自己對Wanda的刻薄，想為她們的所作所為道歉，但Wanda卻不再來上學，沒人知道她去了哪裡…
The Hundred Dresses源自作者Eleanor Estes的童年經歷，即使長大成人，仍對過去曾漠視霸凌行為一事耿耿於懷。Estes將心中的歉疚訴諸文字，寄託自己無法忘懷的歉意與懊悔。
本書運用細膩的筆調，透過一百件洋裝的故事，探討女孩在校園中的人際關係，搭配插畫家透過柔和的筆觸，更完美表達少女形象與同儕情感。
This Newbery Honor classic, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist, is a beautifully written tribute to the power of kindness, acceptance, and standing up for what's right.
Wanda Petronski is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. She claims she has one hundred dresses at home, but everyone knows she doesn’t. When Wanda is pulled out of school one day, the class feels terrible, and classmate Maddie decides that she is "never going to stand by and say nothing again."
A timeless, gentle tale about bullies, bystanders, and having the courage to speak up.
