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纽约公共图书馆（New York Public Library）建于1895年，至今已经有超过100年的历史，是美国最大的市立公共图书馆。
这里有超过5500万件藏品，包括1493年哥伦布宣布发现新大陆的信件、乔治华盛顿的告别演说原件等，是公认的、世界上最好的图书馆之一。
中学书单
Middle School：初中阶段 （8册）
书比较多样化，有小说，也有纪实文学，但总体来说都是围绕“青春”和“梦想”的话题。相比国内教育在这个阶段，愈发让孩子受困于“成绩”，美国已经在鼓励孩子树立目标、寻找人生方向了。
01
Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood
by Varsha Bajaj
13-year-old Abby heads to Mumbai to find her film star father and finds herself in the
process.
02
If I Ever Get Out of Here
by Eric Gansworth
All you need is friendship... and rock and roll.
03
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
by Lish McBride
From fry cook to raiser of the dead.
04
Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music That Changed the World
by Robbie Robertson
Listen and learn.
05
Falling Over Sideways
by Jordan Sonnenblick
Claire’s life is a joke but she’s not laughing. Things keep going wrong, then her Dad has a
stroke and Claire’s life goes sideways.
06
Drama
by Raina Telgemeier
A group of drama students discover the real drama lies offstage.
07
The Backstagers
by James Tynion
Jory finds himself in a world of magical doorways and adorable rats but beware! Danger
lurks backstage.
08
A Time to Dance
by Padma Venkatraman
Veda becomes a Bharatanatyam dancer after losing her leg in an accident.
High School：高中阶段 （10册）
高中部分有两本关于“sex”的书，放在这个阶段，有点儿“安全必读”的意思。两本书分别站在两性的角度上讲，更贴近青少年心理。这类书的出版和推荐，也说明社会对青少年的行为并不是一再说“不”、高压制止，而是去疏通和引导。
01
The Haters
by Jesse Andrews
Out of the ashes of jazz camp, a band is formed! Now, Wes, Corey, and Ash are on the road
in search of a gig that doesn't suck.
02
Bronx Masquerade
by Nikki Grimes
Students discover the truth through poetry.
03
The V-Word: True Stories about First-Time Sex
by Amber J. Keyser
Writers get real about sex.
04
Burn Baby Burn
by Meg Medina
Nora is trying to survive the sweltering Queens summer of 1977 but it’s tough with a violent
brother, a city-wide blackout, and a serial killer on the loose.
05
Rani Patel in Full Effect
by Sonia Patel
"Call my solution a female revolution retribution in the form of rhyme electrocution." MC Sutra in the house.
06
Noteworthy
by Riley Redgate
Desperate to perform, Jordan disguises herself as a guy and joins an all-male a capella
group. What could possibly go wrong?
07
Juliet Takes a Breath
by Gabby Rivera
Juliet travels from the Bronx to Portland to intern with her favorite author for the summer.
08
Scythe
by Neal Shusterman
What does it mean to be a human when you can’t die?
09
Dear Yvette (Throwback Diaries)
by Ni-Ni Simone
Yvette’s life changes forever after a street fight.
10
Dating and Sex: A Guide for the 21st Century Teen Boy
by Andrew P. Smiler
Answers you need to questions you didn’t know you had.
成人书单
Fiction：小说类 （6册）
这部分给爱读书的家长们，虚构类共6本，非虚构类4本，一共10册。都是一些很不错的作品。如果觉得英文有难度，也可以先收藏，等出版中文版。
01
The Wedding Date
by Jasmine Guillory
A romantic comedy about two people who meet in an elevator and become co-conspirators.
02
An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones
Imagine you have a perfect life, perfect marriage, plenty of money, career going well... when
suddenly your spouse is arrested and sentenced to 12 years in prison for a crime they didn’t
commit.
03
The Female Persuasion
by Meg Wolitzer
The Female Persuasion tracks Greer, a burgeoning writer, as she begins her career as an
assistant for a famous feminist.
04
Heads of Colored People
by Nafissa Thompson-Spires
A stark, fresh, and inventive collection of short stories that will send you reeling.
05
Circe
by Madeline Miller
After Zeus banishes a young witch, she must decide between gods and mortals.
06
Macbeth
by Jo Nesbo
Nesbo sets the play in a rundown industrial town in the 1970s, and casts two policemen
navigating a drug epidemic that plagues the town.
Nonfiction：非小说类 （4册）
01
Feel Free: Essays
by Zadie Smith
A smart and funny collection of widespread cultural observations.
02
Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America’s Favorite Guilty Pleasure
by Amy Kaufman
Los Angeles Times reporter Amy Kaufman explores the cultural fascination with the long-
running TV franchise The Bachelor.
03
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist
by Franchesca Ramsey
A collection of essays about navigating her career as an activist, comedian, and master of
social media.
04
Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump
by Dan Pfeiffer
From Obama's former communications director and current co-host of Pod Save America
comes a colorful account of how politics, the media, and the Internet changed during the
Obama presidency.
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