不知不觉间，上海杨浦双语国际高中寒假又到来了，不知道大家是否已经从紧张的学习生活里放松身心，做好了迎接春节的准备？在走亲访友，欢度佳节的同时，大家也别忘了每天抽出时间为自己阅读充电，用更充实的自己迎接兔年的学习和生活。
今年冬天，英语组的老师们依旧为大家准备了十一本推荐书目，快来看看哪些是你感兴趣的主题吧！
Fantastic Mr. Fox
作者：Roald Dahl
推荐年级：G10This charming novel follows Mr. Fox as he tries to provide for his family by stealing from the nearby neighbors, and how they try to stop him.
The Hobbit
作者：J R R Tolkein
推荐年级：G10If you fancy more of a challenge, this classic fantasy short story follows Bilbo Baggins as his quiet, peaceful life is disturbed when a wizard and a group of doors suddenly show up at his house. He is then dragged into their adventure which features magic, goblins, giant spiders, and a dragon.
Matilda
作者：Roald Dahl
推荐年级：G10Matilda is a brilliant child with a magical mind, but her parents have decided she's just a nuisance who wastes too much time on reading and stories. And her headmistress, Miss Trunchbull? She's the worst of all.
Friedrich
作者：Hans Peter Richter
推荐年级：G11A novel written from the perspective of a young German who is close friends with a Jewish boy. The book begins in Germany in 1925 and goes through Hitler's rise to power, the beginning of the Holocaust, and the start of the second world war. This book shows how a society can be brainwashed into persecuting their perceived enemies.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
作者：Anne Frank
推荐年级：G11These are perhaps the last things you would want to experience but these are also the real thoughts of a young girl of your age under extreme and extraordinary conditions. This book will guide you through the historical background and Anne’s fine spirit that echoes among all peace lovers.
The Good Soldier Švejk (historical fiction)
作者：Jaroslav Hašek
推荐年级：G11-12Šveik is a humorous introduction to the events of world war I which is the first major theme of the semester. It combines facts about the events of the war and the hierarchy of the Germans with an ironic spin that allows students to engage with the period in a less serious manner while preserving excellent literary humor within the era of a grave event that shook the world.
The Guns of August (historical non-fiction)
作者：Barbara Tuchman
推荐年级：G11-12The Guns of August is by far the most critically acclaimed writing on World War I, along with All Quiet on the Western Front; which provides a very deep psychological understanding of what the war was. It is recommended for students who would prefer a very realistic view of the school war. Hope students enjoy these recommendations if they choose to read them.
Frankenstein
作者：Mary Shelley
推荐年级：G12A classic gothic novel written by MWS in her passionate young ages. What is the boundary between human life and creation? How are human beings different from monsters in their physique, longing, or rights? MWS grasps readers' mind with her natural flow of language and overflowing emotion, prying into the struggles common to all human beings.
The Innocent Anthropologist
作者：Nigel Barley
推荐年级：G12The anthropologist Nigel Barley narrates his fieldwork experience in an African tribe, Dowayo. For anyone who hopes to learn more about anthropology or even other humanities, this account is perfect for an introduction. Barley's humorous language and his "miserable" encounters together form a highly readable and intriguing story.
Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat
作者：Hal Herzog
推荐年级：G12We love some animals as pets, yet we treat others with cruelty as experimental subjects or food sources. How do we decide that dogs and cats are favorable pets and lives of rats can be justly sacrificed for the sake of medical progress? Dr. Herzog tries to answer these tricky questions with his research and experiences. Highly recommended to everyone as it will grant you a new perspective on animals and humanity.
PS: This book is inherited from last year’s book list, as it is favored by many students who read it.
Foundation
作者：Isaac Asimov
推荐年级：G12First of the Foundation series books of seven, Foundation depicts a civilization that has lasted for 12,000 years. The mankind is then faced with a doom. How can they avoid radical barbarism or destruction? Who will be the savior of the civilization? This science fiction masterpiece offers us a vast imaginary world of the distant future grounded in the most familiar humanity of all times.
无论你选择沉浸在幻想的未来世界，还是妙趣横生的童话世界，无论你更愿意深入一个真实的人生故事，还是探索其他物种和文明，你都能在书单里找到一位良师益友，伴你共赏清晨的朝露，午后的阳光，夜晚的虫鸣。
拿起你心仪的书，开启一段新的旅行吧。愿寒假归来，我们都有新的体会，新的故事。