The war that saved my life

Ada Maria Smith, seorang anak perempuan berusia sepuluh tahun yang tinggal di tempat sempit dan kumuh di London. Dia tak diizinkan keluar oleh ibunya, tak diperbolehkan bicara dengan tetangganya, dan harus menerima hukuman dikurung di lemari lembap yang dikerubuti kecoak. Semua itu hanya karena ibunya malu memiliki anak berkaki pekuk. Namun saat itu adalah tahun 1939, Perang Dunia II mulai m…

Bees and wasps

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9781409544876

Collation

32 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm

Series Title

Usborne Beginners

Call Number

590 MAC b

The great gatsby

This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author’s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published by Scribner in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by…

Tales of the jazz age

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

Smithsonian readers: endless explorations level 4

For fluent readers that have mastered levels 1, 2, and 3, Smithsonian Readers: Endless Explorations Level 4 provides fascinating facts and challenging content that promotes reading success and enjoyment. Developed in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution and esteemed childhood literacy expert Dr. Adria Klein, Smithsonian Readers: Endless Explorations Level 4 contains six 32-page topics f…

Growing up great!: the ultimate puberty book for boys

Every guy's guide to a changing body

Wait till Helen comes: a ghost story

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780547028644

Collation

184 p. ; ill. ; 19 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

823 HAH W

The girl in the locked room: a ghost story

A family moves into an old, abandoned house. Jules's parents love the house, but Jules is frightened and feels a sense of foreboding. When she sees a pale face in an upstairs window, though, she can't stop wondering about the eerie presence on the top floor—in a room with a locked door. Could it be someone who lived in the house a century earlier? Her fear replaced by fascination, Jules is…

The War That Saved My Life

So begins a new adventure for Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan—and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands…

The perfect sword

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9781570916984

Collation

unpaged. ; ill. ; 28 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

F GOT t