The First Year After Youth: A Chronicle of Thousands of High Schoolers

[Not a wish-fulfillment story, no CP, Chinese-style school ensemble] An original style told through shifting first-person narration: four sixteen-year-old boys, four different “I”s: the sensitive, sentimental caged bird Han Pengjia; the hearty, loyal muscleman Lu Qiang; the happy puppy who became class monitor through a twist of fate, Zhao Wenxuan; and the aloof, sweeping-monk top student, Qiao Dan. A story written to fill the gap in realistic youth and school fiction, and to give voice to the grand concerns of adolescence.