Cothill校长的一句话告诉我们多读书的真正意义。书本里包含着智慧，它比金钱和钻石更有价值，而且智慧是任何人都抢不走的。

父母应该如何为孩子选择合适的书籍呢?

以下两份榜单来自英国最的两所公立学校——伊顿公学和哈罗公学。

哈罗公学向新生推荐了必读书目，而伊顿公学前校长Tony Little则向每名学生推荐了每一个16岁的学生应该读的40本书。无论你的目标学校是什么，这些好书都不能错过。

List1.

每一个16岁学生应读的40本书

List2.

哈罗新生的书单

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下面这份书单来自美国私立中学Fay School(菲尔中学)和Deerfield Academy(迪尔菲尔德学院)官网，适合6-12年级的学生，主题包括友情、奇幻、冒险、战争、体育等等。

List3.

美国6年级书单

1. Almost Home by Joan Bauer(590L)

2. Amina's Voice by Hena Khan(800L)

3. Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix(800L)

4. Black Radishes by Susan Lynn Meyer (790L)

5. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis(970L)

6. Every Soul A Star by Wendy Mass (740L)

7. Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry(670L)

8. Geroge by Alex Gino(790L)

9. Ghost by Jason Renolds(730L)

10. Hermes：Tales of Trickster by Geroge O'Connor(570L)

List4.

美国7年级书单

1. Close to Famous by Joan Bauer(540L)

2. Crossover by Alexander Kwame(750L)

3. Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk(800L)

4. A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park(720L)

5. Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson(980L)

6. Chomp by Carl Hiaasen(800L)

7. Stella by Starlight by Sharon Draper(740L)

8. Wonder by R. J. Palacio(790L)

List5

美国8年级书单

1. Fresh Ink by Lamar Giles(700L)

2. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr(880L)

3. Pilgrim At Tinker Greek by Annie Dillard(1100L)

4. The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal(1160L)

List6.

9、10年级书单

1. A Romance of Many Dimensions by Abbott Edwin. Flatland(1280L)

2. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Alvarez Julia(950L)

3. A Long Way Gone by Beah Ishmael(920L)

4. In Zanesville by Beard Jo Ann(950L)

5. Friday Night Lights by Bissinger Buzz(1220L)

6. Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury Ray(800L)

7. Jane Eyre by Brontë Charlotte(610L)

8. Manchild in the Promised Land by Brown Claude(860L)

9. A Walk in the Woods by Bryson Bill(1210L)

10. The Alchemist by Coehlo Paulo(910L)

List7.

11年级书单

1. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Brown Dee(1280L)

2. The Red Badge of Courage by Crane Stephen(890L)

3. American War by El Akkad Omar(890L)

4. This Side of Paradise by Fitzgerald F. Scott(1070L)

5. Killers of the Flower Moon by Grann David(1160L)

6. The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X(1120L)

7. State of Wonder by Patchett Ann(990L)

8. In the Heart of the Sea by Philbrick Nathaniel(1200L)

9. The Bell Jar by Plath Sylvia(1050L)

10. The Yellow Birds by Powers Kevin(1010L)

List8.

12年级书单

1. A Clockwork Orange by Burgess Anthony(1280L)

2. The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Hobbs Jeff(1220L)

3. Only Killers and Thieves by Howarth Paul(750L)

4. Remains of the Day by Ishiguro Kazuo(1210L)

5. Missoula by Krakauer Jon(650L)

6. Small Island by Levy Andrea(780L)

7. Born to Run by McDougall Christopher(1040L)

8. The Warmth of Other Suns by Wilkerson Isabel(1160L)

国际学校因为双语或全英文的教学环境对学生的英文水平有着较高的要求，如果学生的英文基础不好，那么很有可能在入学考试中的英文面试环节就卡住了。

而且大多数国际学校很看重学生的阅读写作能力，通过英文原版书目的阅读，相信可以一定程度上提高孩子的英文水平，这不仅可以帮助学生增加成功入学的机会，而且对他们以后的国际课程学习也是非常有帮助的。