Each morning, the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to one another. The Professor may not remember what he had for breakfast, but his mind is still alive with elegant mathematical equations from the past. He devises clever maths riddles – based on her shoe size or her birthday – and the numbers reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the Housekeeper and her ten-year-old son.…
Di perbatasan antara hidup dan mati, berdiri sebuah studio foto tempat mereka yang akan menyeberang ke alam baka singgah untuk memilih kenangan semasa hidup dan merangkainya dalam lentera kilas balik yang akan mereka saksikan sebelum melanjutkan perjalanan. Bersama Hirasaka, sang pemandu muda tanpa memori sedikit pun, para tamu dapat mendatangi kembali kenangan yang telah memudar dan mengabadik…
Jakarta kerap menjadi pelabuhan bagi mereka yang datang membawa sekoper harapan. Mereka yang siap bertaruh dengan nasibnya sendiri-sendiri. Namun, kota ini selalu mampu melumat habis harapan dan menukarnya dengan keputusasaan. Pemulung, pengamen, pramuria yang menjajakan tubuh agar anaknya bisa makan, pemimpin-pemimpin kecil yang culas, lelaki tua di balik kostum badut ayam, pencuri motor yang …
Derap langkah kaki yang baru saja memasuki kelas membuat ruangan yang tadinya ramai dan berisik menjadi hening. Aura yang dibawa pria itu sangat kuat hingga mampu menekan udara di dalam kelas. Hanya dua orang dari mereka yang mampu berinteraksi dengan pria itu. "Kalandra, tumben lo ke sekolah cepet." "Iya Ndra, biasanya lo datang kalau udah pada pulang," ujar Sam, membuat seorang pria yang …
Olive wants to get in on the act . . . . . . Any act! Olive “clicks” with everyone in the fifth grade—until one day she doesn’t. When a school variety show leaves Olive stranded without an act to join, she begins to panic, wondering why all her friends have already formed their own groups . . . without her. With the performance drawing closer by the minute, will Olive be able to find he…
Olive and Willow are happy campers! Or are they? Olive is sure she’ll have the best time at summer camp with her friend Willow—but while Olive makes quick friends with the other campers, Willow struggles to form connections and latches on to the only person she knows—Olive. It’s s’more than Olive can handle! The stress of being Willow's living security blanket begins to wear on …
There’s a new kid in town! From the moment Natasha sets foot in class, it’s clear she’s one of the coolest kids in sixth grade. Everyone wants to be her friend, including Olive . . . but things might not be so easy. Olive tries her best to befriend Nat, but it seems like the only thing they have in common is that they both want to hang out with Olive’s friends! Watching as Natasha …
It’s no secret that Olive loves trying new things. Between taking guitar lessons, making a short film, joining Berry Scouts, and leading the charge on her school’s dress code reform, Olive has her hands full! But she enjoys being busy, so staying on track with her jam-packed schedule should be no problem…right? As weeks fly by, it gets harder and harder for Olive to find time for her a…
Spring break is full of possibilities…but not for Olive. This year, Olive is leaving her friends and all of their exciting vacation plans behind to visit her dad at his new apartment in the city. Goober is thrilled to spend a whole week with their father and has a long list of activities for their time together. Olive, on the other hand, still remembers the hurt of their dad moving hal…
onathan Livingston Seagull, the most celebrated inspirational fable of our time, tells the story of a bird determined to be more than ordinary. This bestselling modern classic, reissued with a beautiful new cover design, is a story for people who want to follow their dreams and make their own rules and has inspired people for decades. 'Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest fac…