Crickets also eat stimulants.

Author: Zhang Luozhi
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book is one of the series "Selected Classics of Famous Children's Writers." The author, Zhang Luozhi, is a first-class screenwriter with the China Film Group and a committee member of the Children's Literature Committee of the Chinese Writers' Association. The works included in this book are "Summer Rain," "Secretary-General of the 'Chatter Association'," "Third-Class Bartender," "Crossing the Bridge," "People Should Not Sleep with Cats," "Seven-Foot Man" and so on. "Youth is a fairy tale of life, seemingly detached like a dream; youth is a tart fruit, desires burning secretively within the body; youth has the pain of growth, like acne, secreting rebellion and confusion; youth also has a kind of cruelty, trying every means to prove its existence." In "Crickets Also Take Stimulants," Zhang Luozhi describes the growth process of children in poetic language. The sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, and salty experiences felt in education, family, society, personal growth, family love, friendship, interaction, communication, future, ideals, and life are all unforgettable for everyone throughout their lives. Because we all walk through youth, the flavors of this journey vary from person to person. Confucius said, "At the beginning of a person's life, their nature is good; youth is also as clear and cool as a spring. But it is both the beginning of goodness and the source of evil." Using his own youth memories as a third eye to observe children, Zhang Luozhi discovered: "A child's heart is delicate; once it becomes as hard as a peach pit, it will be too late." "Crickets Also Take Stimulants" consists of 14 short stories, primarily focusing on life during middle school and covering various issues of adolescence. It can be said to be a "youth chronicle" of neither too large nor too small. Whether it is the "Quiz King Xu Weiwu" or the slender "Kung Fu" teacher Xia Yu, the author always observes the world from the perspective of the child. In their eyes, the center of the world is not the fiery battlefield of the US and Iraq, nor the tornado in South Asia, but rather their daily school and home life, and on a larger scale, the city they are constantly immersed in. "Crickets Also Take Stimulants" demonstrates the author's skill in digging into and describing the lives and inner worlds of children. It shows respect for children and considers problems from their perspective and standpoint.