Namaku Raib, usiaku 15 tahun, kelas sepuluh.Aku anak perempuan seperti kalian, adik-adikkalian, tetangga kalian. Aku punya dua kucing,lamanya si Putih dan si Hitam. Mama dan papakumenyenangkan. Guru-guru di sekolahku seru.Teman-temanku baik dan kompak.Aku sama seperti remaja kebanyakan, kecuali satuhal. Sesuatu yang kusimpan sendiri sejak kecil.Sesuatu yang menakjubkan.Namaku Raib. Dan aku bisa…
Hai Nak, Aku tahu, aku telah menyebutkan ini berulang kali, mengingatkanmu lagi dan lagi, tapi akan kukatakan kembali di sini: Jagalah selalu gembira di hatimu, Nak. Selalu. Love, Mak
Na Willa adalah seorang gadis kecil yang tinggal di sebuah gang di Surabaya, di sebuah rumah sederhana yang dinaungi pohon cemara. Hari-harinya dipenuhi oleh hal-hal kecil yang tampak biasa saja, tetapi menjadi luar biasa ketika dilihat dari sudut pandangnya. Ia berlari mengejar kereta bersama temannya, Dul — meskipun selalu tertinggal. Ia pergi ke pasar bersama Mak, menyapa penjual anak ayam…
A compelling and intimate exploration of the complexity of a bicultural immigrant experience, To See and See Again traces three generations of an Iranian (and Iranian-American) family undergoing a century of change--from the author's grandfather, a feudal lord with two wives; to her father, a freespirited architect who marries an American pop singer; to Bahrampour herself, who grows up balanced…
The acclaimed author of Little Broken Things returns with another “race-to-the-finish family drama” (People) about a single mother who becomes embroiled in a mystery that threatens to tear apart what’s left of her family. Jessica Chamberlain, newly separated and living with her two sons in a small Iowa town, can’t believe that a tragedy in another state could have anything to do with…
Universal change is often the ultimate result of one individual’s lightbulb moment—an invention that triggers a ripple effect across countries, continents, or even out into space. Know-It-All Great Inventions looks at fifty of these great ideas that really did change the world. It covers a wide range, from early days (the wheel) through materials (the invention of steel and plastic) to comm…
In book three of the series, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm tackle their most important mystery: Who kidnapped their parents more than a year ago? Sabrina enters the hideout of the Scarlet Hand, the sinister group of Everafters who are keeping her parents prisoner. She has a chance to rescue her mom and dad but is foiled by the most famous fairy-tale character in the world. With the help of her littl…
Before Carrie Bradshaw hit the big time in the City, she was a regular girl growing up in the suburbs of Connecticut. How did she turn into one of the most-read social observers of our generation? The Carrie Diaries opens up in Carrie's senior year of high school. She and her best friends -- Walt, Lali, Maggie, and the Mouse -- are inseparable, amid the sea of Jens, Jocks and Jets. And then …
In Parvana's Journey, the Taliban still control Afghanistan, but Kabul is in ruins. Parvana's father has just died, and her mother, sister, and brother could be anywhere in the country. Parvana knows she must find them. Despite her youth, Parvana sets out alone, masquerading as a boy. She soon meets other children who are victims of war -- an infant boy in a bombed-out village, a nine-year-old …
Afghanistan, masa rezim militer Taliban. Ibu kota Kabul porak poranda akibat perang berkepanjangan. Kesewenangan penguasa membuyarkan denyut kehidupan warga. Sekolah dibubarkan, segala bentuk hiburan ditiadakan, dan perempuan dilarang keluar rumah sendiri tanpa burqa yang mengungkung tubuh. Parvana adalah gadis kecil biasa berumur 11 tahun bermasa depan gemilang. Ayahnya seorang terdidik lul…