The main content of "When I Was Ten" tells the story of the spiritual growth and transformation that a beautiful and strong girl experienced when facing a completely unfamiliar living environment.

The protagonist of the novel, He, is a ten-year-old girl. Her hometown has the life and traditions she is familiar with, her warm friends, and the papaya trees. But this year, an unexpected trip turned her life upside down. He and his family were forced to leave their beautiful, ravaged home and move to the southern United States.

It is so difficult to adapt to a new environment, new food, new neighbors, new classmates, a new city... Eventually, He will integrate into this new world and become smart and confident again. The most beautiful experience of being young is constantly shedding your tender skin as you grow up, becoming brave and responsible, strong and dreamy.

Lai Qinghe incorporated a lot of his own thoughts and experiences into this award-winning debut novel, and his description of the protagonist's psychological changes is authentic and credible. The novel is written in a unique way, with short and concise words and unique charm. It is worth reading again and again in terms of content and expression.

Appreciation of When I Was Ten:

"Ivy International Award Novel Book Series: When I Was Ten" is a novel that won the Newbery Silver Medal for Children's Literature, an international authoritative award. The children's novels awarded by the National Book Award for Youth Literature of the United States pay equal attention to literature and storytelling, and are among the first-class children's literature works in the world.

In a poetic way, the author Lai Qinghe delicately tells the story of a strong and beautiful growth that a little girl experienced when she was ten years old, and explores in detail the love of relatives in the process of growing up. , the impact that the help, efforts of teachers and friends, and the rebuilding of self-esteem and self-confidence can have on a child. Combining her own experience and insights, her description of the psychological changes of the protagonist He is particularly delicate, real and touching.