1. The Catcher in the Rye
Author: J.D. Salinger
Brief introduction |
Salinger limited the beginning and end of the story to the three days when holden caulfield, a 16-year-old middle school student, left school and wandered around new york, and used the writing method of unrestrained stream of consciousness for reference to fully explore the inner world of a teenager.
reasons for recommendation |
There are many famous works in this world, which have a great position in the history of literature. But there are also some small books that provide us with eternal spiritual comfort. Every teenager should read The Catcher in the Rye when he is young. -author Miao Wei
2. The Trouble of Young Werther
Author: Goethe
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A generation of German writer Goethe, based on his first love, created a grand, delicate, shocking and simple emotional city, profoundly expressing the inner love and hate of a generation of young people, and the painful struggle between dreams and reality.
reasons for recommendation |
Goethe can represent the whole German literature, not because there is no better writer than him in some aspects, but because he is the only one who can combine all the characteristics of the German spirit. -Philosopher belinsky
3. Oranges and Lemons
Author: Michael Morpurgo
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This is a story about how a child grew up in difficulties and hopes, and we, the adults who have gone through countless joys, sorrows, grievances, setbacks, frustrations, loneliness, lies and suspicions, are also here to see it all the time.
reasons for recommendation |
A book that touches people's hearts with a light and simple attitude. About love, warmth, trouble, and strength. The majestic atmosphere in the trickle. -Keko, a senior bookworm
4. There is a Tree in Brooklyn
Author: Betty Smith
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This is a book about survival, which tells how reading can make humble life noble, how knowledge can change people's cultivation and destiny, and how family strength can support children to realize their dreams.
Recommended reason |
If you miss A Tree in Brooklyn, you will miss an important life experience ... This is a touching story that deeply understands the relationship between childhood and family. -The New York Times
5. The Ashes of Angela
Author: Frank McCourt
Introduction |
Described the touching experience of a slum child's growth and struggle with humorous and vivid brushwork. In the face of poverty, frustration and suffering, the author McCourt chose to fight against his fate with an optimistic and enterprising spirit, realizing his dream and becoming an idol of self-improvement in the eyes of the American youth.
Recommended reason |
A monument to the immortal spirit of human beings and a shocking childhood story. -Miami Herald
6. David? Copperfield
Author: Dickens
Brief introduction |
This book adopts the first-person narrative, which incorporates many of the author's own life experiences. The novel tells the life course of the protagonist David from childhood to middle age. With the birth of "I" as the source, the sincerity and darkness of friends, the naivety and impulsiveness of love, the sweetness and triviality of marriage, and the contradiction and harmony of family members converge into a stream, which flows slowly on the riverbed of fate and finally melts into the tolerant and magnificent sea.
Recommended reason |
The first bildungsroman I read as a teenager was Dickens' david copperfield. Today, I still think it is Dickens' best work ... Dickens' most precious significance lies in that he not only faced the reality directly and described the pain with extraordinary insight, but also believed in love, kindness and the simplest optimism about the future. —— Writer Tie Ning
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Author: Robert Maccammon
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A green feather takes the protagonist all the way to track down the murderer, explore the mysterious strange wind world, explore the truth of life, explore the interwoven goodness and evil in human nature, and explore the meaning of life and death.
Recommended reason |
A student told me personally: "This book has made me understand what life is." I didn't expect a literary work to fascinate students to this extent. It's unheard of to read it again and again. This book has turned many students who hate reading into bookworms. This is really the lifelong dream of teachers all over the world. —— mark kelly, a middle school teacher in Houston, USA
8. Shadow of the Wind
Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Brief introduction |
This is a legendary journey for pursuing the hidden soul in the book. In Barcelona's light and shadow, humanity, love and hatred overlap, floating like a mirage in the wind.
Recommended reason |
Shadow of the Wind is an eye-catching, dazzling and amazing work, with overtones, which is really enjoyable to read! With such a wonderful novel, who needs to watch TV? -Author Stephen King
9, "Trainspotting"
Author Owen Welsh
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Four friends who grew up together, after experiencing a series of events, such as the death of their friends, AIDS, lovelorn love and the death of their families, decided to join hands to do a big deal and use the stolen money to satisfy their respective desires. I didn't expect the most trusted friend. Trainspotting is well worth reading, not only because few writers have tried to dabble in the unique British youth culture, but more importantly, few writers have explored this field so deeply as this book. -The New York Times
1. Cabin on Mango Street
Author: sandra cisneros
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Espe Langsha, a girl who lives in Mango Street, a Latin American immigrant community in Chicago, was born with sympathy for the pain of others and a sense of beauty. She looked at the world around her with clear eyes and told her growth, vicissitudes and the beauty and difficulty of life in poetic and tender language.
Recommended reason |
What this book records is the process of changing from a girl to a woman, and it is the last period of girlhood. It is full and juicy like a ripe mango, and any slight collision will leave a mark. -Writer Zhang Yueran