An Introduction to The Lemonade War《柠檬水大战》介绍

儿童财商小说《柠檬水大战》于2007 年出版，这本书在美国可谓是家喻户晓，曾获罗德岛青少年图书奖、北卡罗来纳州儿童图书奖。这本书在故事情节扣人心弦的同时，还能够给人带来丰富的理财知识。

The Lemonade War is about friendship， 1）sibling rivalry， honesty，mathematics and lemonade.

This book takes place over a summer vacation from school. Evanshould be enjoying the last few 2）scorching days of summer， but he justgot the news that his 3）brainiac younger sister Jessie is not only skippingthe third grade， but she’s going to be in his actual class. Now everyone willknow his sister is smarter than he is. WAY smarter. So that’s it. He’s done.He’s not going to hang out with Jessie， not going to talk to Jessie， andhe definitely won’t run a lemonade stand with Jessie， just to give her thechance to show off how good she is at math.

Jessie， on the other hand， is over the moon that she’ll be in the sameclass as Evan. She and Evan have always been really good friends， aswell as brother and sister. She can’t understand why he’s suddenly beingso mean to her， or why he’s refusing to have a lemonade stand with her.It’s a puzzle， Jessie knows， and she should be good at puzzles. “But it wasa puzzle about feelings， and Jessie knew that feelings were her weakestsubject.”

The conflict between them grows until it 4）erupts into a lemonadesellingcompetition — whoever earns $100 first wins， AND keeps boththeir earnings. Evan is determined to win no matter what， even if it mightmean cheating， except that even he wouldn’t actually stoop to stealing hissister’s money.

So who won then？ Try read it.

1） sibling n. 兄弟姐妹

2） scorching adj. 酷热的

3） brainiac n. 聪明的人

4） erupt v. 爆发

《柠檬水大战》是一个关于友谊、兄弟姐妹之间的竞争、诚实、数学和柠檬水的故事。（剩余377字）