This twisty, breathless cat-and-mouse thrill ride, told in the second person, follows a girl with amnesia in present-day Los Angeles who is being pursued by mysterious and terrifying assailants. A girl wakes up on the train tracks, a subway car barreling down on her. With only minutes to react, she hunches down and the train speeds over her. She doesn’t remember her name, where she is, or …
Buku ini segera dicekal pemerintah Orba ketika pertama kali terbit pada 1987. Orba tidak suka dengan cara Susan Blackburn (dulunya Susan Abeyasekere) mengkaji Jakarta. Susan dengan menelusuri sejarah Jakarta selama berabad-abad berhasil memaparkan suatu kontras. Ternyata sejak lama Jakarta hanya kota yang dibangun untuk memenuhi impian para penguasa, kaum aristokrasi uang. Jakarta bukan milik d…
Will Lucky solve life’s mysteries before she turns twelve? The adventures that began with the Newbery Award–winner The Higher Power of Lucky come to a grand finale. For eleven-year old Lucky, the universe is full of questions. Is that mysterious woman at the café Miles’s mom? Does her father not talk to her because he hates her? Will the Health Department ruin everything? Is she reall…
A mother addresses the issues of grieving in a poignant and personal journey toward healing.
Take the ride of your life through the Solar System with children's artist Simon Abbott. Discover all the incredible planets and more with our intrepid astronauts and spectacular pioneering spacecraft. With space words, fun facts and dazzling cartoon illustrations, this is an entertaining introduction to the Solar System for Kids.
from the back cover: Life is always hard for the poor, in any place and at any time. Ethan Frome is a farmer in Massachusetts. He works long hours every day, but his farm makes very little money. His wife, Zeena, is a thin, grey woman, always complaining, and only interested in her own ill health. Then Mattie Silver, a young cousin, comes to live with the Fromes, to help Zeena and do the ho…