Very third grade

Author: Zhu Huijun, Li Yu and others
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This is a story about three children from divorced families during their third year of junior high school. The novel involves sensitive and trendy plot elements such as peer friendships, same-sex jealousy, early love, youthful tragedies, and even parental emotional detachment. However, it does not give the impression of being sensational or vulgar. Instead, it reads like a diary, a long letter, or more like a heartfelt conversation between classmates and close friends before graduation. It is sincere, natural, unadorned, and unfolds in a gentle manner, allowing readers to experience everything a sensitive middle school girl needs to face—the burdens of life, the complexities of society, joy and sorrow that come too quickly. In short, it means facing all the joys and pains. Although the plot is simple, it authentically portrays the various frantic measures taken by schools, teachers, and parents under the exam-oriented education system to help students get into key high schools. The novel's profound reflection on exam-oriented education is deeply thought-provoking.