English Summary/英文概要： A dazzling piece of dramatic, snowballing adventure, THE STOLEN LAKE is full of fantastical details: revolving palaces, witches who are also court dressmakers, an apocalyptic volcanic eruption, and an infernal country with a noticeable lack of female children. On her way back to London aboard the British man-of-war Thrush, twelve-year-old Dido Twite finds herself and the crew summoned to the aid of the tyrannical queen of New Cumbria. A neighboring king has stolen the queen’s lake and is holding it for ransom, and it’s up to Dido and the crew to face fire, flood, execution, and wild beasts to get the lake back — or else.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 十二岁的Dido Twite和他的伙伴被新康布里亚专制的女王召见寻求支援。邻国的国王偷走了女王的河流，并要她用赎金换回，Dido和伙伴们决定与火焰、洪水、野兽怪物抗争，抢回河流。

Awards/获奖情况： "The Stolen Lake is zanier and more devilishly fiendish than ever" (The New York Times)

"A natural storyteller with the gift of endless and usually comic invention" (Guardian)

"Joan Aiken’s imagination is inexhaustible" (Daily Telegraph)

"Joan Aiken is the best contemporary writer of historical fantasy we have" (Susan Hill)