It's just not fair! No matter what a mess she makes, nobody ever gets mad at Witch Baby. Nobody except Lulu Witch, who cooks a magic brew that makes her baby sister disappear. But then she begins to worry that Mama Witch will get mad—very mad. Can Lulu wish Witch Baby back? Beginning readers will love this beautifully repackaged thirty-two-page edition of the classic tale from Fancy Nancy aut…
Flannery O'Connor was working on Everything That Rises Must Converge at the time of her death. This collection is an exquisite legacy from a genius of the American short story, in which she scrutinizes territory familiar to her readers: race, faith, and morality. The stories encompass the comic and the tragic, the beautiful and the grotesque; each carries her highly individual stamp and could h…
Addie is waiting for normal. But Addie's mother has an all-or-nothing approach to life : a food fiesta or an empty pantry, her way or no way. All-or-nothing never adds up to normal, and it can't bring Addie all to home, where she wants to be with her half sisters. But Addie never stops hoping that one day, maybe, she's find normal.
Tom Ward harus menghabiskan musim dingin yang sangat berat di rumah musim dingin sang Spook di Anglezarke--daerah yang berada sangat dekat dengan Kegelapan dan harus tinggal di sana untuk melawan makhluk-makhluk jahat yang sudah menguasai daerah itu sejak dahulu kala. Bukan hanya rumah itu letaknya terpencil, tapi juga memiliki gudang bawah tanah yang dihuni makhluk-makhluk mengerikan. Meskipun…
Peradaban umat manusia seperti sebuah roda yang berputar. Kemajuan adalah sebuah siklus―dari puncak ke penurunan dan kemudian, perlahan dan susah payah, kembali ke puncak―bukan jalur lurus dan menanjak sepanjang waktu. Setiap kerajaan berumur panjang memiliki suksesi zaman keemasan dan kegelapan; dan berkali-kali peradaban manusia telah menciptakan pemerintahan luar biasa yang dalam beberap…
A Good Man Is Hard to Find is Flannery O'Connor's most famous and most discussed story. O'Connor herself singled it out by making it the title piece of her first collection and the story she most often chose for readings or talks to students. It is an unforgettable tale, both riveting and comic, of the confrontation of a family with violence and sudden death. More than anything else O'Connor…