After Mary Lennox’s parents pass away, she is sent to a large, isolated house in Yorkshire to live with an uncle she has never met. Ill-tempered, obstinate Mary dislikes her new home, but when she finds the key to a locked garden she realises there are fascinating secrets waiting to be uncovered at Misselthwaite Manor. With the help of new friends, Mary resolves to bring the neglected ga…
Heralded as Virginia Woolf's greatest novel, this is a vivid portrait of a single day in a woman's life. When we meet her, Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of party preparation while in her mind she is something much more than a perfect society hostess. As she readies her house, she is flooded with remembrances of faraway times. And, met with the realities of t…
"I am sure there is Magic in everything, only we have not sense enough to get hold of it and make it do things for us."
“Yes, of course, if it’s fine tomorrow,” said Mrs. Ramsay. “But you’ll have to be up with the lark,” she added. To her son these words conveyed an extraordinary joy, as if it were settled, the expedition were bound to take place, and the wonder to which he had looked forward, for years and years it seemed, was, after a night’s darkness and a day’s sail, within touch. Since he…
One very special boy weaves some magic in Frances Hodgson Burnett's sentimental favorite. When young Cedric Errol learns that he is actually a British lord and heir to an estate, his life is transformed. He leaves Boston for Dorincourt Castle to live with his uncle, the Earl--a tyrant who's loathed by one and all. Will Cedric succeed in melting his cold, cruel uncle's heart?
Part gothic thriller and part coming-of-age story, Island of Whispers is an original illustrated middle-grade fantasy from award-winning author Frances Hardinge and acclaimed illustrator Emily Gravett about a strange island filled with ghosts and long-buried secrets
Sambil bersembunyi di bawah jembatan, Troll si monster garang suka meneriakkan kata-kata buruk. Dia meneriaki hewan-hewan yang lewat dengan megafon kesayangannya. Semua hewan jadi takut padanya. Namun, sewaktu Kelinci datang ke sarangnya, Troll bersikap berbeda. Kelinci tidak takut pada Troll. Apa?! Lalu, apa yang akan Troll lakukan untuk menghadapi Kelinci? Hidden under the bridge, Trol…