Boys Jiali Girls Jia Mei

Author: Qin Wenjun
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: "The Boy Jiali" and "The Girl Jimei" made Qin Wenjun one of the most beloved children's writers. As a result, her works ranked first in votes among the nineteen winning entries in the Third Children's Literature Award by the China Writers Association. Qin Wenjun presents the complex external world faced by today's children from the perspective of young people, revealing a series of issues encountered by students, reflecting their joys and sorrows. "The Girl Jimei" won the East China Region Outstanding Children's Book Award, the Ninth China Book Award, and the National Children's Book Golden Key Award. "Sixteen-Year-Old Girl" received the National Women and Children's Theme Works Recommendation Award. Critics said: "Sixteen-Year-Old Girl is a kingfisher flying out of the snow, making people feel a tremor in their souls." (Shanghai Culture Report) "Qin Wenjun's The Boy Jiali and The Girl Jimei are truly outstanding works of children's literature in our era." (Literary Report) A sixteen-year-old girl from Guangdong read Sixteen-Year-Old Girl and traveled thousands of miles to Shanghai just to meet Qin Wenjun.
The Boy Jiali won the National Outstanding Children's Literature Award by the China Writers Association, the Third Shanghai Literary and Art Excellent Achievement Award, and the First Giant Middle and Long Novel Award. In the "First Shanghai Outstanding Children's Reading Materials Selection Event," where 1.6 million primary and secondary school students in Shanghai voted, it won the first prize. Critics said: "The Boy Jiali is a rare novel deeply loved by primary and secondary school students in recent years." (Literary Report) "Qin Wenjun's The Boy Jiali and The Girl Jimei are truly outstanding works of children's literature in our era."