I WANT TO BE GOOD
Author：Huang Beijia
Translator: Nicky Harman
ISBN：9781912553853
Language：English
Package：Paperback
Number of pages：398
Size：170mm×250mm
Price：£10.99
Introduction：
Jin Ling, a sixth-grader, is a girl with mid-level academic achievement, but is also smart, kind, and honest. In order to be a “good kid” and live up to her parents’ and teachers’ expectations, she makes various efforts and “protests” against parents and teachers in an effort to keep her innocence and purity. In the end, she and her classmates walk confidently into the entrance examination room.
The novel artistically presents the school and family life of a primary school graduate and successfully portrays the images of Jin Ling, Yu Pang’er, Shang Hai, Yang Xiaoli, and other pupils as well as their mothers, fathers, and their teacher, Ms Xing. The plot is vivid, the emotions are genuine, the language is fluent, and the images are full of the distinct characteristics of the times and rich flavor of life, leading the reader to think.