For 16-year-old Sam, life is about to get extremely complicated. He and his girlfriend—make that ex-girlfriend— Alicia have gotten themselves into a bit of trouble. Sam is suddenly forced to grow up and struggle with the familiar fears and inclinations that haunt us all. Nick Hornby’s poignant and witty novel shows a rare and impressive understanding of human relationships and what it …
The first kidnappings happened two hundred years before. Some years it was two boys taken, some years two girls, sometimes one of each. But if at first the choices seemed random, soon the pattern became clear. One was always beautiful and good, the child every parent wanted as their own. The other was homely and odd, an outcast from birth. An opposing pair, plucked from youth and spirited away.…
“Semakin luas kulihat dunia, semakin aku yakin tak ada pria yang bisa sungguh-sungguh kucintai.” Elinor dan Marianne Dashwood, dua saudari dengan kepribadian bertolak belakang. Elinor, sang kakak, mengutamakan akal sehat, sementara Marianne mementingkan perasaan. Walau demikian, keduanya sama-sama ingin menemukan cinta sejati dan menikah untuk membahagiakan ibu mereka. Namun, pada m…
THE FOURTH PASSENGER is set in Mumbai during the Hindu-Muslim conflict of the early 1990s. It is the story of four women raised with traditional values, whose friendship gives them emotional solace, economic self-sufficiency, and the temerity to stand up to religious extremism. Having reached their thirties, the four friends are disillusioned with their lives and marriages—to an alcoholic …
Reformed mean girl Kylie Collins desperately wants to put the craziness of basketball season behind her. (And with it, her cheater ex, Zachary Murphy.) Maybe she'll finally be able to silence her snarky streak and concentrate on her lifelong dream—being recruited for Division One softball. But when Kylie arrives at her first softball practice of the season, she comes face-to-face with her …
Selamat datang di dunia yang tidak pernah kalian bayangkan. Di mana rasa ingin tahu, proses belajar, menyatu dengan kepolosan, kenakalan, hingga isengnya dunia anak-anak. Selamat datang di sebuah petualangan hebat, ketika persahabatan, pengorbanan, dan pemahaman yang baik atas kehidupan tumbuh dari wajah-wajah ceria terus melekat hingga mereka tumbuh dewasa. Adalah Eliana, anak sulung Mamak …
A new YA novel from novelist Patrick Ness, author of the Carnegie Medal- and Kate Greenaway Medal-winning A Monster Calls and the critically acclaimed Chaos Walking trilogy, The Rest of Us Just Live Here is a bold and irreverent novel that powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable. What if you aren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, o…
Dorothy thinks she is lost forever when a terrifying tornado crashes through Kansas and whisks her and her dog, Toto, far away to the magical land of Oz. To get home Dorothy must follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City and find the wonderfully mysterious Wizard of Oz. Together with her companions the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion whom she meets on the way, Dorothy em…