The Pants first came to us at the perfect moment. That is, when we were splitting up for the first time. It was two summers ago when they first worked their magic, and last summer when they shook up our lives once again. You see, we don’t wear the Pants year-round. We let them rest so they are extra powerful when summer comes. (There was the time this spring when Carmen wore them to her mom…
Carmen buys a pair of jeans at a thrift shop. Magically, the pants fit Carmen and her three best friends, Lena, Tibby, and Bridget, equally, even though the girls have very different bodies. The girls, who “met” before birth when their mothers were in a prenatal aerobics class together, are spending this summer apart—their first significant separation.
Pada akhirnya, yang abadi dalam hidup adalah hal-hal yang belum selesai: cinta tak pernah diungkapkan, kasih tak sampai, keputusan yang tak pernah dibuat, pilihan yang tak pernah diambil, kata maaf yang terlambat diucapkan atau diberikan, juga kesempatan, peluang dan niat baik yang selalu diabaikan. Dan alangkah singkatnya hidup untuk diisi dengan semua kebodohan itu.
Gadis itu tidak menyukainya. Kenapa? Astaga, ia—Danny Jo—adalah orang yang baik. Sungguh! Ia selalu bersikap ramah, sopan dan menyenangkan. Lalu kenapa Naomi Ishida menjauhinya seperti wabah penyakit? Bagaimana mereka bisa bekerja sama dalam pembuatan video musik ini kalau gadis itu mengacuhkannya setiap saat? Kesalahan apa yang sudah dia lakukan? Bagaimanapun juga Danny bukan orang yan…
“Apakah kau masih membenciku?” “Aku heran kau merasa perlu bertanya.” Lucas Ford pertama kali bertemu dengan Sophie Wilson di bulan Desember pada tahun terakhir SMA-nya. Gadis itu membencinya. Lucas kembali bertemu dengan Sophie di bulan Desember sepuluh tahun kemudian di kota New York. Gadis itu masih membencinya. Masalah utamanya bukan itu—oh, bukan!—melainkan kenyataan bahwa …
Do you want to raise a well-behaved, happy child but feel that common forms of discipline used today, which focus on rewarding, excluding or punishing children, don''t work for your family? In The Gentle Discipline Book, Sarah Ockwell-Smith debunks many commonly held beliefs about punishment and motivation, and provides an alternative approach that will empower you to discipline your child i…
Thomas was sure that escape from the maze meant he and the Gladers would get their lives back. But no one knew what sort of life they were going back to. The earth is a wasteland. Government and order have disintegrated, and now Cranks — people driven to murderous insanity by the infectious disease known as Flare — roam the crumbling cities hunting for their next victim ... and meal. Thomas…
The second novel in the wildly popular #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, from the author of The Whole Thing Together and The Here and Now. With a bit of last summer’s sand in the pockets, the Traveling Pants and the sisterhood who wears them—Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen—embark on their second summer together.
The first novel in the wildly popular #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, from the author of The Whole Thing Together and The Here and Now. Some friends just fit together. Once there was a pair of pants. Just an ordinary pair of jeans. But these pants, the Traveling Pants, went on to do great things. This is the story of the four friends—Lena, Tibby,…