Betty Smith(USA) 
Tree Grows in Brooklyn [EPUB ebook] 

This book tells the story of an 11-year-old girl, Francie, who struggles to grow up in a poor but warm family in Brooklyn, USA. Despite extreme material deprivation and harsh living conditions, Francie still maintains an optimistic and kind-hearted attitude, never giving up her pursuit of knowledge and dreams, growing stubbornly like a small tree in this barren soil.In addition, through the clear and open-minded perspective of the girl Francie, the author depicts a vivid and colorful picture of the life of American civilians in the early 20th century, conveying her discussions on family, education, love and sex, and many social contradictions through the childish language of a young girl.