你讨厌乡村音乐吗？ 17 岁的夏洛特·科曼 (Charlotte Cornman) 提供了四首可能会改变你想法的歌曲。
你更愿意看 TikTok 视频而不是看书吗？ 18 岁的塞缪尔·芒克斯推荐了三本让你爱不释手的科幻小说。
你是 Costco 购物者，更喜欢样品而不是杂货吗？ 17 岁的 Summer Lu 推荐了一些纸杯开胃小菜，这些小菜会让你抛弃家人，因为他们会继续购物，而你则留下来品尝。
这些只是我们的评委从 4,004 份青少年提交的“My List ”学生评论竞赛中选出的六幅获奖作品中的三幅，该竞赛要求青少年以某种富有想象力的方式对艺术或文化作品进行分组，然后告诉我们为什么应该或不应该检查它们。
我们希望你会喜欢或争论这些有关食物、书籍、电影和音乐的推荐。你可能会遵循以下哪些建议？为什么？哪些列表教会了你新的东西，或者向你介绍了一些你可能不知道的东西？请在评论中与这些年轻作家分享你的想法。
4 Songs to Win Over Country Music Haters
3 Science Fiction Novels to Trick Your Non-Reader Friend Into Loving Books
Modern Warfare: 3 War Films With Contemporary Implications
3 Classical Symphonies That Tell Human Story Better Than the Movies — Without Any Words
Top 3 Costco Samples That Make You Abandon Your Parents
All Finalists
Winners
Finalists are listed in alphabetical order by the writer’s first name.
Charlotte Cornman, 17, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Md.: “4 Songs to Win Over Country Music Haters”
Finn Soglia, 16, Dover-Sherborn High School, Sherborn, Mass.: “Modern Warfare: 3 War Films With Contemporary Implications”
Roshni Aruna Gupta, 17, Mallya Aditi International School, Bangalore, India: “From ‘What Do We Do Now?’ to ‘We Are Going to Rob It’: 3 Characters Who Redefined the Female Antihero”
Samuel Munks, 18, Ida B. Wells High School, Portland, Ore.: “3 Science Fiction Novels to Trick Your Non-Reader Friend Into Loving Books”
Subin Kim, 15, Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose, Calif.: “3 Classical Symphonies That Tell Human Story Better Than the Movies — Without Any Words”
Summer Lu, 17, Vincent Massey Secondary School, Windsor, Ontario: “Top 3 Costco Samples That Make You Abandon Your Parents”
Runners-Up
Allison Zhang, 14, and Sophia H., 14, Pacific Trails Middle School, San Diego, Calif.: “The Pain of Perfection: The 3 Hardest Ballet Movements”
Angela Song, 16, Hong Kong International School, Tai Tam, Hong Kong: “3 Songs That Make Me Feel Patriotic for a Country I’m Not Even From”
Austin Bate-Agborsangaya, 16, Taipei American School, Taipei City, Taiwan: “Afrofuturism: 4 Glimpses Into a Multicultural Tomorrow”
Eamon Kerr, 16, Jones College Prep, Chicago: “The Brutalist Truth — Top 3 Reasons to Keep Your Head Down”
Ella Swayman, 17, East Grand Rapids High School, East Grand Rapids, Mich.: “3 Best ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Episodes to Watch When You’re Not Feeling Stressed Enough”
Hailey Yoon, 15, Chadwick International School, Incheon, South Korea: “3 Atypical Instruments Used in Mainstream Music to Listen For”
Leilia McCabe, 17, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Md.: “4 Shakespeare Sonnets You Should Never Recite to Your True Love”
Letian Pu, 16, Shanghai Nanyang Model Private School, Shanghai: “Freedom”
Penelope Wood, 18, Francis Parker School, Chicago: “Fashion Regrets I’d Like to Leave in My Camera Roll”
Roy Kim, 13, Rancho Pico Junior High School, Stevenson Ranch, Calif.: “Beyond Netflix and K-Pop: A Korean Food Guide to L.A.’s Koreatown”
Sofia Tomasikova, 16, UWC Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica: “3 Pieces of Media to Consume When You Feel Like the World Has Just Come to an End”
Tuleen Alshurafa, 15, Dhahran Ahliyya Schools, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: “Asking ‘Why’ in a World That Prefers ‘What’: Top 3 Philosophers That Change the Way We Think”
Honorable Mentions
Aditi Ranjan, 17, Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, Calif.: “3 Must-Have Nintendo Video Games for Adventure Lovers”
Aleena Shaik, 16, Pascack Hills High School, Montvale, N.J.: “3 Feminist Retellings That Miss the Mark”
Joaquin Salcedo-Avila, 17, Jones College Prep, Chicago: “The Top 3 Most Evil Rodents in History”
Lalie Lours, 17, Avenues The World School, New York City: “5 Things Teen Girls Should Obsess Over”
Lila Halpert, 15, John L Miller North High School, Great Neck, N.Y.: “Confusion, Unclear Answers, and Realities That Are Stranger Than Dreams: A Watchlist to Get Comfortable With Not Knowing”
Loren Barjis, 15, West High School, Iowa City, Iowa: “All That Jazz: Four 1926 Obsessions That Still Purr in 2026”
Minh Anh Tu, 17, Greenfield School, Phung Cong, Vietnam: “Hidden Gems of Hanoi: 4 Street Food Sanctuaries Beyond the Guidebooks”
Natalie Viderman, 17, Hunter College High School, New York City: “4 Experiences That Show Why Queens Is Worth Visiting”
Shinhoo Kim, 17, Valor International Scholars, Anseong, South Korea: “5 Jazz Hip-Hop Artists That Will Define Your Trip”
