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自由自在的暑假来啦!
亲爱的哈罗学子又会去哪增长见识呢?
这次旅程中不妨带上一本书,途中翻阅,你会发现课堂上历史、地理科目的知识融入了眼前的景色,脚下寻常的路原来有如此多的故事!
让学生们的冒险旅程充满乐趣!
我们为六至十年级的学生们推荐如下阅读书单。在“学”和“玩”的结合中,让哈罗学子们的暑期旅行充实而圆满~
六年级
探索非洲文化 & 了解人类历史
The Akimbo Adventures
Alexander McCall Smith
Akimbo和他的父母住在非洲一个野生动物保护区边缘。他父亲的任务是保护数千只在这里栖息的动物,而热爱野生动物的Akimbo梦想着能帮助父亲。在这三个冒险故事中,Akimbo保护大象免受偷猎者的侵害,救出一只幼狮脱离陷阱,还成功救出一位被鳄鱼袭击的人!
Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country
Atinuke & Mouni Feddag
这本缤纷绚丽的图书由Atinuke撰写文字,Mouni Feddag绘制插图,一起去探索非洲大陆的丰富多样性吧。
Ancient Civilizations
Phillip Brooks
穿越时空,探索人类最初的伟大文明,了解它们的兴起与衰落。了解文明早期定居点、农业、贸易、工艺、习俗和文化。这本色彩斑斓的图书生动展示了人们的生活方式、战斗方式以及社会组织。
Stone Age Boy
Satoshi Kitamura
跨越2万年,探索史前洞穴人的生活,这是由一位才华横溢的艺术家Satoshi Kitamura绘制的史前生活绘本。
七年级
探索冰川历史 & 窥探古罗马人文
Meltdown: Discover Earth's Irreplaceable Glaciers and Learn What You Can Do to Save Them
Anita Sanchez
冰川或许不如雨林或珊瑚礁闻名,但它们同样对地球健康至关重要,也同样受气候变化威胁。
Glaciers: Children's Earth Sciences Book
Bold Kids
冰川是由积雪堆积形成的大冰体,因自身重量而移动。这一过程持续数年乃至世纪。看到上一个冰河时代结束时积累的惊人冰量实在令人着迷。
The Thieves of Ostia
Caroline Lawrence
Flavia Gemina是解谜高手。作为罗马港口奥斯提亚的船长之女,她与三位朋友:犹太男孩约瑟夫(他暗中有信仰)、非洲奴隶女孩努比亚以及哑巴乞丐男孩鲁普斯,共同合作,探寻杀害守护家门的狗的真凶,以及背后的真相。
Defenders: Dark Arena
Tom Palmer
一个英超俱乐部正在罗马废墟上建造一座新体育场,而幽灵活动正威胁着他们。一名工人已经惨死,还有许多人的生命处于危险之中。现代的不公正似乎唤醒了过去的灵魂……
八年级
了解丝绸之路 & 探索全球文化
The Silk Roads: The Extraordinary History that Created Your World
Peter Frankopan
从由汉谟拉比国王制定的古代世界法律,到强大的波斯帝国,再到可怕的匈奴,欧洲的崛起,两次世界大战以及今日政治,《丝绸之路》穿越时间与历史,将不同民族、帝国和大陆的线索编织在一起,成为地球的非凡历史。
Lucy and Dee: The Silk Road
Kirsten Marion
在这个充满魔法、龙和恶魔的土地上,主人翁结交了一个年轻的皇帝——然而他是一位惹人厌的王子,并且还有一位愤怒的女王想要毁掉他。
Rickshaw Girl
Mitali Perkins and Jamie Hogan
在这部由Jamie Hogan插图的小说中,主人翁Naima必须找到拯救母亲金手镯并修复父亲黄包车的办法。
Serafina's Promise
Anne E. Burg
主人翁Serafina暗自下定决心,要去学校学习阅读,成为医生,和她的最好朋友Julie Marie一起生活。但追逐梦想并非易事——无尽的家务、微薄的财富以及饥饿,全都在考验她的决心。当地震袭来,并将她与亲朋好友分开时,她面对了最大的考验。
九年级
探寻独特地貌 & 见证地区人文
The Girl Who Climbed Everest
Bonita Norris
是什么驱使我们超越极限并走得更远?要实现梦想,我们需要什么?以及如何将恐惧转化为勇气?这本书里将探寻答案。
Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Adib Khorram
Darius Kellner,一位住在俄勒冈州波特兰市的伊朗裔美国青少年,患有临床抑郁症。他喜欢《星际迷航》、茶和他的小妹妹Laleh。面对着被霸凌、没有朋友以及强势的父亲,他将做出怎样的改变?
Lovely War
Julie Berry
这是一部备受好评的、多层线索的浪漫小说,背景设置在第一、第二次世界大战的危险时刻,四位普通人的命运——和他们的心——被神明握在手中。
十年级
回顾巴黎和平会议
The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire
Susan Pedersen
在第一次世界大战结束后,巴黎和平会议上发生了一场关于帝国未来的争论。胜利的盟国希望吞并他们占领的奥斯曼领土和德国殖民地;伍德罗·威尔逊和一股反帝国主义浪潮阻挡了他们。法国、比利时、日本和英国不情愿地同意了美国提议,将这些联盟征服的领土保存并受新成立的国际联盟“委托”管理。
The Peace that Never Was: A History of the League of Nations
Ruth Henig
90年前,国际联盟首次成立,希望通过外交解决争端,创造一种防止破坏性全球战争发生的机制。本书探讨了国际联盟的理念及其设立的多层次机构。
Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and its Attempt to End War
Margaret Macmillan
1919年1月至7月间,结束一战后,来自世界各地的人们聚集在巴黎参加和平会议。书里提供了多重视角的窥视,试图勾勒出现代世界的初步图景。
带着这些发人深省的读物
开始一个夏天的探索之旅。
无论你是在微风中感受着历史和文化,
在雨水冲刷的石头上触摸地理印记,
这些书都会丰富你的旅程,
让度过的时光更加精彩。
快乐读书,平安出行!
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Summer holiday book list!
The summer holiday presents the perfect opportunity for students to immerse themselves in the rich tapestry of history and geography, especially as they embark on global travels with their families. These journeys provide a unique chance to bring classroom lessons to life, deepening understanding through real-world experiences.
To complement these adventures, we have curated a recommended reading list designed to inspire and engage students from Year 6 to Year 10. Explore these captivating books to make your travels even more meaningful and enriching!
Year 6
Exploring Africa and Early Human History
The Akimbo Adventures
Alexander McCall Smith
Akimbo and his parents live on the edge of an African game reserve. It's his father's task to protect the thousands of amazing animals who make it their home, and wildlife-loving Akimbo dreams of helping him. In these three adventures, Akimbo protects elephants from poachers, saves a lion cub from a trap, and rescues a man from a crocodile!
Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country
Atinuke & Mouni Feddag
Discover the amazing diversity of the African continent in this beautiful book, with words by Atinuke and lively illustrations from Mouni Feddag.
Ancient Civilizations
Phillip Brooks
Journey into the past and explore the first great civilizations, discover how they arose and why they declined. Find about early settlements, farming, trade, crafts, customs and culture. This colourful volume shows exactly how people lived, how they fought and how they organized their societies.
Stone Age Boy
Satoshi Kitamura
Travel 20,000 years into the past and discover what life as a caveman was like in this prehistoric picture book by a prodigiously talented artist.
Year 7
Glacial Wonders and Rome's History
Meltdown: Discover Earth's Irreplaceable Glaciers and Learn What You Can Do to Save Them
Anita Sanchez
Glaciers may not be as well-known as rain forests or coral reefs, but they are just as vital to the health of the planet, and just as threatened by climate change.
Glaciers: Children's Earth Sciences Book
Bold Kids
Glaciers are massive bodies of ice that move under their own weight. They form when snow accumulates faster than ablation, and this process continues over years and centuries. It's fascinating to see the incredible amount of ice accumulated by the end of the last ice age.
The Thieves of Ostia
Caroline Lawrence
Flavia Gemina is a natural at solving mysteries. The daughter of a ship's captain living in Ostia, the port of Rome, in AD79, she and her three friends, Jonathan, a Jewish boy (and secretly a Christian); Nubia, an African slave girl; and Lupus, a mute beggar boy, must work together to discover who is beheading the watchdogs that guard people's homes, and why.
Defenders: Dark Arena
Tom Palmer
Ghostly activity is threatening a Premier League club as they build a new stadium on Roman ruins. One worker has already met a grisly death – and many other lives are in danger. The horror of modern injustice seems to have woken the spirits of the past …
Year 8
The Silk Road and Globalisation
The Silk Roads: The Extraordinary History that Created Your World
Peter Frankopan
From ancient world laws laid down by King Hammurabi and the mighty Persian empire, to terrifying huns, the rise of Europe, two world wars and politics today, The Silk Roads moves through time and history sewing together the threads from different peoples, empires and continents into a phenomenal history of the globe.
Lucy and Dee: The Silk Road
Kirsten Marion
In a land full of magic, dragons, and demons, all they have to do is befriend a young emperor―which would be a lot easier if he wasn't a royal pain and an angry queen didn't want to destroy him.
Rickshaw Girl
Mitali Perkins and Jamie Hogan
In this novel for elementary readers illustrated by Jamie Hogan, Naima must find a way to save her mother's golden bangle -- and fix her father's rickshaw.
Serafina's Promise
Anne E. Burg
Serafina made a secret promise to go to school and learn to read so she can become a doctor with her best friend, Julie Marie. But following her dream isn't easy-endless chores, little money and stomach-rumbling hunger all test her resolve. When an earthquake hits and separates Serafina from friends and family, she encounters her biggest test of all.
Year 9
Regional Geomorphology and Culture
The Girl Who Climbed Everest
Bonita Norris
What drives us to go to our limits and beyond? What does it take to make dreams come true over all else? And how can you turn fear into courage?
Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Adib Khorram
Darius Kellner, an Iranian–American teenager living in Portland, Oregon, who has clinical depression. He loves Star Trek, tea, and his little sister, Laleh. Darius struggles with bullies, a lack of friends, and his disapproving dad, Stephen Kellner.
Lovely War
Julie Berry
Perfect for fans of Divine Rivals, a critically acclaimed, multi-layered romance set in the perilous days of World Wars I and II, where gods hold the fates--and the hearts--of four mortals in their hands.
Year 10
The Paris Peace Conference
The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire
Susan Pedersen
At the end of the First World War, the Paris Peace Conference saw a battle over the future of empire. The victorious allied powers wanted to annex the Ottoman territories and German colonies they had occupied; Woodrow Wilson and a groundswell of anti-imperialist activism stood in their way. France, Belgium, Japan and the British dominions reluctantly agreed to an Anglo-American proposal to hold and administer those allied conquests under "mandate" from the new League of Nations.
The Peace that Never Was: A History of the League of Nations
Ruth Henig
Ninety years ago, the League of Nations convened for the first time, hoping to create a safeguard against destructive, world-wide war by settling disputes through diplomacy. This book looks at how the League was conceptualized and explores the multifaceted body that emerged.
Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and its Attempt to End War
Margaret Macmillan
Between January and July 1919, after the war to end all wars, men and women from all over the world converged on Paris for the Peace Conference. This book offers a prismatic view of the moment when much of the modern world was first sketched out.
Embark on a summer of discovery
with these incredible reads.
Whether you're exploring new cultures, understanding historical events,
or analyzing geographical phenomena,
these books will enrich your mind
and make your travels
even more exciting.
Happy reading and safe travels!
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