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阿瑪爾懷抱著遠大夢想，直到一場如惡夢般的遭遇……
十二歲的阿瑪爾夢想成為一名教師，但這個夢想卻在瞬間破滅——她無意間冒犯了巴基斯坦村莊統治家族的一名成員。作為懲罰，她被迫離開心碎的家人，前往他們的莊園工作。
阿瑪爾感到悲痛欲絕，但她過去也曾經歷挫折。於是，她鼓起勇氣，開始摸索身為僕人的複雜生活規則，以及隨之而來的嫉妒與階級困境。然而，最令她不安的是，她逐漸意識到可汗家族為了維持控制，不惜採取致命手段。顯然，只要大家都不敢挑戰他們，他們對村莊的掌控就永遠不會鬆懈——因此，阿瑪爾若想確保所愛之人的安全並重獲自由，就必須設法與其他僕人合作，共同實現這個目標。
I picked this up for my daughter and ended up reading it myself in two sittings. The way Amal's voice carries her anger and hope through every page feels so real, and that moment where her dream is crushed hits hard before the story finds its strength.
The pacing in this one is spot-on—the tension builds quietly, then hits you hard when Amal’s life changes in that one instant. I found myself holding my breath through the chapters about her village and her dreams of teaching. It’s a story that stays with you long after the last page.
My daughter read this in one sitting, and the way Amal’s quiet strength builds after that one careless insult kept us both turning pages late into the night. The village setting feels so real you can almost hear the chaos after her mistake.
