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,…
Ms. Beatrice Hempel, teacher of seventh grade, is new—new to teaching, new to the school, newly engaged, and newly bereft of her idiosyncratic father. Grappling awkwardly with her newness, she struggles to figure out what is expected of her in life and at work. Is it acceptable to introduce swear words into the English curriculum, enlist students to write their own report cards, or bring up p…
A rash of teen suicides haunts a teen with a murky history in this Printz Honor–winning novel. Will was destined to be a pilot, to skim above surfaces. So why is he in wood shop class? He doesn’t know—or maybe he just doesn’t want to admit the truth. When local teens begin committing suicide, their deaths all have one thing in beautifully carved wooden tributes that appear just af…
On the afternoon when Angel Allegria arrives at the Poloverdos’ farmhouse, he kills the farmer and his wife. But he spares their child, Paolo–a young boy who will claim this as the day on which he was born. Together the killer and the boy begin a new life on this remote and rugged stretch of land in Chile. Then Luis Secunda, a well-to-do and educated fellow from the city descends upon th…