Soaring Dreams: 100 Youth Novels That Touch Middle School Students

Author: Liu Haitao
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Like being in dense woods, during the anxious years of youth, one cannot see far, life is imagined as intricate, yet walking through it is simple and easy. But now, like in a thicket of withered trees, what lies before becomes clearer and broader, life is imagined as simpler, yet walking through it is quite difficult. As a research-based course, the "Reading, Reflecting, and Waking Up" series introduces "micro-fiction, poetry, prose, essays, stories, and other literary genres" into secondary school Chinese language teaching. It enables students to learn how to conduct research around a topic and reflect their research findings in writing. Thus, it has become a comprehensive activity that integrates reading, appreciation, research, and writing. It is beneficial for improving students' literary appreciation and research skills, as well as enhancing their overall Chinese language proficiency.
What is youth? Is it a red bow tie, or an exquisite little lock on a drawer? What is youth? Is it constant laughter, or a passionate obsession with sports? Youth—is it the age of maturity in childhood dreams, or the carefree memories of old age? This book will tell you all of this. It will tell you that youth has sweet love myths, miraculous legends of turning stone into gold, but more importantly, it has the rise from setbacks, the caution in moments of triumph, and the encouragement in times of loneliness.