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Some of the titles suggested on this thread would simply not work with the majority of Chinese secondary students I've encountered in numerous cities and provinces. Steinbeck is a good choice and has the added benefit of a moral message. Some of Hemingway's stories in The Nick Adams Stories are acce...

Have you read Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street ? It is told from the perspective of a young teen, a Latino girl living in the U.S. It is a series of short vignettes, any one of which stands alone as a very short short story, despite being somewhat chronological. The language is mostly acce...

Ni hao Lalita, Small world. I just finished writing my dissertation on the use of authentic literature in Chinese secondary EFL classrooms. I can send you a copy of my references (i.e. bibliography) if that will help. Most are not, of course, available online. Do you have access to online academic j...