from the back cover: Terrorists blow up the Queen's coach outside Parliament. The Queen escapes, but five people are killed, and forty others badly hurt - ordinary, innocent people, like Alan Cole, the Queen's coachman, who loses his leg in the bombing. And for Alan and his daughter Jane there is more terror to come, in the search for the truth behind the bombing. Will the terrorists be caug…
from the back covers: 'Sometimes I think this search is hopeless. So much has happened since I last saw my friends. Perhaps they have died or the rebels have taken them away. But I know I have to find Laker. I know she needs me.' In a country torn by war, it is easy to stop hoping. All Atita has is an old photograph. She does not even know if she will recognize Laker after all these years .…
from the back cover: In our world today a hummingbird is a small, brilliantly coloured bird that lives in the tall trees of tropical forests. In the far distant future, Hummingbird (Hummy for short) is a girl of sixteen who lives somewhere in the Galaxy, on a planet called Just Like Home. She has the name 'Hummingbird' in big letters on all her clothes, but she has never seen a real humming…
This book is about the girl called Mary Lennox from India, and her father works in India. Also, there is a boy called Robin who wants to get the key and open the secret garden. There is nothing to do all day except walk in the gardens and watch the robin flying over the high walls of the secret garden which has been locked for the last ten years.
Sihir Perempuan adalah kumpulan dongeng tentang perempuan-perempuan yang tak patuh. Perempuan bisa menjadi apa saja: ibu, anak, pekerja teladan, hingga boneka porselen. Namun dalam buku yang menghadirkan 11 cerita pendek ini, peran-peran yang seharusnya nyaman diteror oleh lanskap kelam penuh hantu gentayangan, vampir, dan pembunuh. Di sinilah perempuan dan pengalamannya yang beriak dan berdara…
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Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius, and, above all, a criminal mastermind. but even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of LEPrecon unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories; these fairies are armed and dangerous. And that's just the beginning of Artemis's twisty, action-packed, and hilarious adventures with a cast of…
Jack Skellington is the beloved Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, but he has grown tired of leading the usual scares every year. Then he stumbles upon a mysterious tree-shaped door deep in the Hinterlands and falls straight into Christmas Town--an enchanting place like no other, full of sparkling snow, merry elves, and twinkling lights. Reinvigorated, Jack returns to Halloween Town and recruit…