"What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?" Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now…
Step into an enchanted land of curious folk and extraordinary beasts, where spells are cast and magic glitters in the air.
Down among the grass and fragrant clover lay little Eva by the brook-side, watching the bright waves, as they went singing by under the drooping flowers that grew on its banks. As she was wondering where the waters went, she heard a faint, low sound, like far-off music. She thought it was wind, but not a leaf was stirring, and soon through the rippling water came a strange little boat.
Formalin, boraks, arsenik, antioksidan, nuktir: semuanya adalah istilah kimia yang kita temui sehari-hari, tapi tahukah kamu seperti apa barangnya, dari mana asalnya, dan bagaimana mereka mempengaruhi kehidupan kita? Kimia memang misterius. Tak heran manusia bisa lebih dahulu memahami fisika daripada Tapi kamu tak perlu jadi ilmuwan untuk tahu kimia. Kartun Kimia dengan ilustrasi yang sederhan…
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child’s s…