Tutup mata kita. Tutup pikiran kita dari carut- marut kehidupan. Mari berpikir takjim sejenak. Bayangkan saat ini ada satu malaikat bersayap indah datang kepada kita, lantas lembut berkata: Aku memberikan kau kesempatan hebat. Lima kesempatan untuk bertanya tentang rahasia kehidupan, dan aku akan menjawabnya langsung sekarang. Lima Pertanyaan. Lima jawaban. Apakah pertanyaan pertamamu? Maka ap…
After surviving fourteen long years with her horrible aunt, and nothing but a doll and an old handkerchief for company, Esther Summerson's life is finally looking a little brighter. She's going to school and making friends, real friends! The only thing Esther's missing now is a mother. But long-lost parents don't just turn up out of the blue. Do they?
David's life isn't easy. His father is dead and his mother is getting married to the meanest man in the country. To top things off, when he is sent to school, David discovers punishments more terrible than he can imagine. Surely life can't get any worse! The only happy ever afters David knows are in the pages of his favourite books. Can he rewrite his own ending?
Amy Dorrit's father has been in prison for as long as she can remember. That s totally normal, right? Just like doing chores for horrid Mrs Clennam, fixing her sister's dresses (without getting any thanks) and saving her own dinner to feed her father. But when Mrs Clennam's son returns from abroad, he brings with him a host of family secrets and turns Amy's normal life on its head.
Coketown is no place for imagination. There are facts and figures and absolutely nothing else, or so Thomas Gradgrind thinks. When the circus appears in town, it brings Sissy Jupe with it. A young girl who has been abandoned by her father and is taken in by Thomas Gradgrind. Full of fun and energy, will Sissy save the Gradgrind children from a miserable life of facts and figures before it's too…
Ari tahu bahwa hidupnya berbeda. Sejak kecil, ia bisa melihat makhluk tak kasat mata, termasuk sosok yang berkaitan dengan kematian ayahnya, Hingga ia bertemu Tata, seorang gadis dengan pengalaman serupa, Mereka mencoba menghadapi dunia yang lebih menyeramkan dari sekadar tugas sekolah atau drama percintaan remaja-dunia di mana batas antara yang hidup dan yang mati semakin kabur. Dalam perja…
Pip's just your average boy. He has no parents, lives with his scary sister and once met an escaped criminal on Christmas Eve. Totally normal. And things get even stranger when a mysterious stranger starts paying him loads of money. Sure, Pip's loving his new life of luxury, but will he ever find out who's paying the bills, and what they want from him in return?
Filled with rusting relics and tattered treasure maps, The Old Curiosity Shop is Nell Trent's favourite place in the whole world—which is lucky, because it's also her home. Nell and her grandfather have always been happy with their simple lives. But when money gets tight, the pair are thrown out of their beloved shop and into the unknown. Poor and hungry, with no one to turn to, how will they…
Oliver Twist is poor. Always has been, always will be. Being born in a workhouse means that you'll probably always be treated like rubbish. Oliver does not want a life of hard work and measly meals, but he soon learns that it's never safe to ask for more. What Oliver really needs is a family. But is a family of thieves, kidnappers and killers really a family at all?