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To Janey Larkin, the blue willow plate was the most beautiful thing in her life, a symbol of the home she could only dimly remember. Now that her father was an itinerant worker, Janey didn't have a home she could call her own or any real friends, as her family had to keep moving, following the crops from farm to farm. Someday, Janey promised the willow plate, with its picture of a real house, her family would once again be able to set down roots in a community.

Blue Willow is an important fictional account of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, and has been called The Grapes of Wrath for children. It won a Newbery Honor and many other awards.

詹妮不记得自己在什么地方长久地住过，为了生存下去，爸爸带着一家人辗转于各地谋生。这种漂泊的生活让她感到不安，她想要一个真正的家，想去上学，想交朋友。这次，他们好不容易在一个地方落脚，一家人渐渐对这里产生了归属感。可是没多久，妈妈身患重病，爸爸又失去工作，家里交不出房租了。这时，詹妮只好用她*珍爱的传家宝——一只漂亮的青花盘来抵房租。失去青花盘让詹妮心如刀割，但同时，幸运也悄悄降临到这家人身上……