Pedro Martin has grown up hearing stories about his abuelito--his legendary crime-fighting, grandfather who was once a part of the Mexican Revolution! But that doesn't mean Pedro is excited at the news that Abuelito is coming to live with their family. After all, Pedro has 8 brothers and sisters and the house is crowded enough! Still, Pedro piles into the Winnebago with his family for a road tr…
Michael Frayn would like to say a brief word about a few of the friends who have shaped his life - 'before my memory goes'.
There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life’s big challenges, but Michelle Obama believes that we can all locate and lean on a set of tools to help us better navigate change and remain steady within flux. In The Light We Carry, she opens a frank and honest dialogue with readers, considering the questions many of us wrestle with: How do we build enduring and honest relationships? H…
In 1942, with the Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, the Franks and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annexe” of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant crue…
Madiha Riaz rated it really liked it Recommends it for: All the friends Shelves: biographies I read some of the reviews of this book and found out how some people are criticizing about the 'writing', 'grammar' or 'repetitiveness. This book is an account of a child's memories of how she was abused, humiliated and rejected. This is a powerful book. The very beauty of biographies is that th…
Totto-Chan kini sudah dewasa. Ia sekarang menjadi aktris terkenal dan punya banyak penggemar. Tapi Totto-Chan tak pernah melupakan masa kecilnya. Karena itulah Totto-Chan langsung setuju ketika UNICEF menawarinya untuk menjadi Duta Kemanusiaan. Sejak itu, Totto-Chan berkunjung ke banyak negara dan menemui berbagai macam anak. Di negara-negara yang mengalami kekeringan hebat atau terkena dampak …
One winter morning in 1848, Ellen Craft, a light-skinned young slave, disguised herself in men's clothing and walked into the train station at Macon, Georgia.