Dia menjalani kehidupan wanita lain dan jatuh cinta pada suaminya. Kecelakaan pesawat bukan sekedar tragedi bagi Avery Daniels, seorang reporter TV. Kecelakaan itu juga telah membuatnya kehilangan identitas diri. Tubuhnya yang luka parah dan wajahnya yang hancur telah diidentifikasi sebagai Carole Rutledge, istri calon senator, yang dia tahu meninggal dalam kecelakaan itu. Avery Daniels yang ta…
Georgie loves acting and is desperate to win her dream role in the school play. But when she messes up at the audition, her smug rival gets the part instead. Disappointed but ever hopeful, Georgie secretly attends the play's rehearsals, but it's only a matter of time before she's discovered - and finds herself in trouble.
Mia Winchell appears to be a typical kid, but she's keeping a big secret—sounds, numbers, and words have color for her. No one knows, and Mia wants to keep it that way. But when trouble at school finally forces Mia to reveal her secret, she must learn to accept herself and embrace her ability, called synesthesia, a mingling of the senses.
A sharp, funny and touching novel about the secrets mothers and daughters keep from each other. From the award-winning author of MRS ZHIVAGO OF QUEEN'S PARK. 'I hate you. When I'm a mother, I'm never going to be like you...' These words come back to haunt Ros, years later. As her marriage of twenty years collapses and her beloved twin sons prepare to flee the nest, Ros's world is tilting …
Maeve Binchy is back with a tale of joy, heartbreak and hope, about a motherless girl collectively raised by a close-knit Dublin community. When Noel learns that his terminally ill former flame is pregnant with his child, he agrees to take guardianship of the baby girl once she’s born. But as a single father battling demons of his own, Noel can’t do it alone. Fortunately, he has a com…
Gadis kecil kulit putih itu bernama Lilly. Kedua orangtuanya tewas secara misterius, hingga dia diangkat anak oleh seorang sufi Maroko, Abdal Akbar. Dua budaya yang amat berbeda membuat Lilly harus berjuang mengenal hidup. Cukup lama Lilly merasa hampa dan terhantui kematian orangtuanya, sampai dia menemukan sosok kakak dalam diri Hussein. Hussein-lah yang menemaninya hijrah ke Harar, Etiopia, …
Para penyihir selalu ada dalam imajinasi manusia selama ribuan tahun. Tiap tahun dan tiap budaya sejak zaman prasejarah memiliki seseorang dengan caranya sendiri yang dapat menggunakan sihir, berdoa pada roh, mengetahui rahasia di balik benda-benda tua dan memanggil kekuatan terpendam di dalamnya, dan seseorang yang dapat melihat dua dunia, baik dunia nyata maupun dunia roh dan dapat bermeditas…
DESAS DESUS "Kita ini konon pahlawan devisa. Tapi kalau mati, ya sudah, dianggap binatang saja." "Saya datang buat mempertebal iman, bukan jadi mainan." "Datang ke sini itu harus siap 'dijajah'. Baik jiwa maupun raga!" "KAMU tidak perhatikan, banyak orang MATI karena terlalu BANYAK TAHU?!" Valiant Budi adalah seorang penulis yang tergila-gila dengan dunia Timur Tengah. Salah satu ambisin…
From acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this compelling first novel in the historical middle grade The Seeds of America trilogy that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains, both physical and spiritual. As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in …
Turning 12 isn't all it's cracked up to be! Get a cell phone. Stay home alone. Go to the mall with best friend and No Parents. Wear makeup. Get contact lenses. Attend a boy-girl party. Rory Swenson has been waiting her whole life to turn twelve. And she's got a list to prove it. Whenever Rory asks her parents for something, they always say, "When you're twelve . . ." Well, in exactly, 18 hours,…