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8. The Giver by Lois Lowry
《赐予者》 洛伊丝·劳里著

[推荐理由]

"The Giver" begins in a very interesting way and catches the attention of readers from the beginning. It has easy-to-understand grammar. Most of the grammar is just past simple and past perfect. All of the sentences are short. This is a longer book. It's really easy though, so you'll finish it quickly.
《赐予者》以一种非常有趣的方式开篇，从一开始就吸引了读者的注意。文章的语法简单易懂。大部分的语法都只是一般过去时和过去完成时。所有的句子都很简短，虽然篇幅相对较长，但它真的简单易读，所以你很快就能读完。

[内容简介]

Jonas is a young boy. He lives a very safe life with a lot of orders and rules. There are many rules and everyone follows them. They don't often make a decision by themselves. But Jonas soon learns some truths about the people in the community. He comes to understand that this kind of life is unfair. He wants to allow people to make their own choices. Jonas comes up with an interesting plan to change the community. He decides he needs to move the community to another place. In his plan, they are able to live a good and fair life.
乔纳斯是个小男孩。他的生活充斥着秩序与规则，相当中规中矩。生活中有许多规则，每个人都会遵守。他们不经常自己做决定。但乔纳斯很快就得知关于社区里人们的一些真相。他开始明白这种生活是不公平的。他想让人们做出自己的选择。乔纳斯提出了一个有趣的计划来改变社区。他决定要把社区搬到另一个地方去。根据他的计划，他们将可以过上美好、公平的生活。

9. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
《数星星》 露易丝·劳瑞著

[推荐理由]

This is a realistic novel. It's based on history. Unlike other historical literature, it's easy to understand. If you already know a lot of information about World War II, this might be an interesting book for you. It's not recommended if you don't know too much about the World Wars. In this case, you will be focusing on trying to understand the facts too much so you will not enjoy the book as much.
这是一部现实主义的小说。该小说以历史为基础，但不像其他的历史著作，它很容易理解。如果你已经了解很多有关第二次世界大战的知识，那么这本书对你来说可能会很有趣。但如果你不是很了解世界大战，则不建议你阅读此书。因为你会太过专注于了解事实，而无法享受阅读本身。

[内容简介]

This is a story of hope and courage. The year is 1943 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The area has been taken over by Hitler's army. There are soldiers everywhere. The life of 10-year-old Annemarie has changed a lot. There is little food and everyone is very scared. There is talk about moving all of the Jewish people to another place. This is difficult for Annemarie because her best friend, Ellen, is Jewish.
这是一个关于希望与勇气的故事。故事发生在1943年的丹麦哥本哈根。该地区当时被希特勒军队占领，到处都是士兵。安妮玛丽10岁，她的生活改变了许多。当时食物稀缺，每个人都很害怕。有传言说所有的犹太人都会被转移到另一个地方去。安妮玛丽很难接受，因为她最好的朋友爱伦是个犹太人。

This is a different book about the war. It shows it was not only the Jewish people who suffered during the war. Annemarie's family lost their eldest daughter, Lise, a few weeks before her wedding. Annemarie will later do what her sister, Lise, did. She will join the resistance party to fight against the Nazis. She ends up being a heroine for a few reasons (which I will not tell you because I don't want to ruin the story).
这是一本从不同角度讲述战争的书。它展现出在战争中经受折磨的不仅是犹太人民。安妮玛丽家失去了大女儿莉萨，而她本要在几周后结婚。安妮玛丽之后将要继承姐姐莉萨所做的事。她加入了抗争纳粹的抵抗党派，并最终成了一名女英雄，至于原因，我可不会剧透给你，因为我不想毁了这个故事。

10. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'engle
《时间的皱纹》玛德琳·英格著

[推荐理由]

This book has a mix of shorter and longer sentences. The short sentences allow the readers to relax a little bit more. They also create the scene well and let you know what is happening through simple words. There is a lot of vocabulary to learn. It is a good book if you've already got experience reading novels in English. Make sure you have your vocabulary notebook with you, just in case there are any cool words that you'd like to learn. This book has MANY!
这本书里，长短句都有。其中的短句子能让读者稍微放松一下，同时营造出很好的场景氛围，通过简单的文字让你知道发生了些什么。书中有很多词汇要学习。如果你已有很多阅读英文小说的经验，这会是一本好书。准备好你的词汇笔记本，以便记下你想学的一些好词，这本书中可有很多哦！

[内容简介]

Meg is 14-years-old. Everyone sees her as a troublemaker. They think she's a bad student. Everyone in her family seems to be perfect. Her mom is a very beautiful scientist. Her twin brothers are very athletic. And her little 5-year-old brother, Charles Wallace Murry, is a child genius and can often read the mind of Meg.
麦吉14岁。每个人都把她当做捣蛋鬼、坏学生。她家里的每个人似乎都很完美。她妈妈是位美貌的科学家。双胞胎哥哥是运动健将。她五岁的弟弟查尔斯·华勒斯·莫里是个天才儿童，总是知道麦吉在想什么。

Meg and her brother meet a friend. Calvin O'Keefe is a high school junior student. Meg and Calvin begin to like each other. Charles suddenly announces that they should focus on finding their father who is lost somewhere in the universe. Eventually they find their dad, but not without drama. Along the way, Meg learns to love. She uses this new love to help them escape.
麦吉和她哥哥见了个朋友——高三学生加尔文·奥基夫。麦吉和加尔文喜欢上了对方。查尔斯突然宣布，他们应该专注于寻找他们迷失在宇宙某处的父亲。最终他们找到了他们的父亲，且整个过程充满了戏剧性。一路上，麦吉学会了爱。她用这种新学会的爱人方式来帮助他们逃脱困境。

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