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Tiuri’s story begins in a small chapel on the hill outside the City of Dagonaut, where four other young men are keeping vigil with him, as they reflect on the eve of their knighting ceremony.  Despite being forbidden any contact with the outside world and despite the twelve hour vow of silence all aspiring knights must take, sixteen year old Tiuri cannot ignore the knock on the chapel door that comes with an urgently whispered plea, “以上帝的名义, 打开门!”  (12)  Ignoring the voice means he will be a knight by morning, but Tiuri breaks the rules and acts as a阅读更多→

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Seven Reasons to Read 第七件最重要的事情 Set in Washington, D.C. in 1963, 第七件最重要的事情 recalls a time when Looney Tunes, 巴祖卡泡泡糖, and Mad magazines were popular and when diner tables were often cloaked with red and white checkered table cloths and it took a dime to use the pay phone. It features characters like thirteen year old Arthur Owens who struggles to stop remembering his dad who died instantly when he hit a tree while riding his motorcycle and about whom his mother often said, “Tom Owens’s biggest problem was that he never grew up” (79); like probation officer阅读更多→

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A catalyst for sparking conversations on complex social issues like diversity, 欺凌, 以及偏见的影响, Alan Gratz’s novel 荣誉守则 raises social consciousness and invites collaborative conversation about tough topics.  Much like Maria Padian’s novel Out of Nowhere (2013), Gratz uses a sports story to explore the contemporary topic of cultural collisions.  Both books embody the definition of Cultural Identity Literature (CIL). I coined the term CIL to enlarge the traditional term multicultural literature.  作为文学的一个范畴, CIL also addresses issues of power and oppression and provides an opportunity to view these issues from a different perspective, thereby inspiring empathy-building. 阅读更多→

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From a book that begins with the line, “We were the only ones left alive,” a reader will typically expect a terrifying story, and 我哥哥的秘密 by Dan Smith delivers.  Set in West Germany during the summer of 1941, Smith’s novel tells the tale of Karl Friedmann, 一个十二岁的男孩, “trusted and reliable and ready to die for the Führer” (10).  Although Karl feels sympathy for his weaker comrades, he wants to make the world a better and stronger place, so he participates with vigor during physical education, which has been replaced with a Hitler Youth curriculum.  A lot transpires in Karl’s life to阅读更多→

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Written in much the same style as Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (1998), The Boy in Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (2006), and 我哥哥的秘密 by Dan Smith (2015), 分裂的夜晚 by Jennifer Nielsen joins the ranks of historical fiction about war and its lasting impact on youth.  Although the first three titles tell stories of the youth experience during World War II, Nielsen tells one tale about the effects of the Cold War. 定下基调, each chapter opens with an inspirational or historical quote or other words of wisdom.   These quotes help to tell Nielson’s story of twelve-year-old Gerta阅读更多→

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弗朗西斯·梅雷迪思很聪明, 有趣的, 有趣的, 和创造性, but he is too worried about the judgment of others to recognize his gifts.  Because he is chided at school for his interest in fashion, 设计, 和缝纫, he thinks it is impossible to be happy being himself. So, 当他遇到杰西卡·弗莱时, he believes he has enough problems without adding an ability to see and hear dead people. 杰西卡, a ghost who can think herself into a wardrobe, becomes Francis’ friend in what he sees as an otherwise friendless world.  They have an interest in clothes in common and both can talk about synthetic fabrics阅读更多→

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被称为M.D. 由他的同事, as Bam Bam Daniels on the cage fighting circuit, and as Doc by his little sister Gemma, McCutcheon Daniels is a 17-year-old cage fighter who fought his way into being the best.  A map of scars across his flesh tell the tale of a violent life lived, clawing his way out of the ghetto of Detroit, determined not to follow in his father’s footsteps.  他的父亲, 达米安·"恶魔"·丹尼尔斯, “washed out of pro boxing and then fell into an abyss of crime, 药物, 帮派, and whores” (5); now he’s in Jentles Penitentiary, nicknamed DT—Devil’s Toilet—for its reputation as one阅读更多→

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Six Reasons You’ll Want to Read 六件不可能的事 by Fiona Wood The cast of characters is 有趣的: Dan Cereill (pronounced surreal) is nearly 15 when misery throws a sucker punch: the family business goes bankrupt, his dad proclaims he’s gay and moving out, and the comfortable life the Cereills knew, 消失了. 在经历了这些改变人生的冲击之后, Dan and his mother move into the deceased, 阿德莱德的历史, 维多利亚时代的家.  据丹说, it’s the sort of place you’d see in a horror film—complete with grim gargoyles, 一个阁楼, 加热效果差.  But it is next door to Estelle, the unattainable beauty who plays the cello阅读更多→