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…
Starr Carter, gadis kulit hitam berusia enam belas tahun, hidup di antara dua dunia berbeda. Lingkungan kumuh tempatnya lahir lalu tumbuh besar, dan SMA bergengsi di pinggiran kota tempatnya bersekolah. Keseimbangan dua dunia yang mati-matian ia jaga itu hancur berantakan ketika Starr menjadi satu-satunya saksi dari tragedi penembakan sahabatnya, Khalil, oleh seorang polisi. Padahal saat itu…
The haunting, humorous and tender story of the brief lives of the five entrancing Lisbon sisters, The Virgin Suicides, now a major film, is Jeffrey Eugenides' classic debut novel. The shocking thing about the girls was how nearly normal they seemed when their mother let them out for the one and only date of their lives. Twenty years on, their enigmatic personalities are embalmed in the memor…
Apa yang bersedia kaupertaruhkan demi mewujudkan impianmu? Bagi Rachel Kim, remaja Korea-Amerika yang berusia tujuh belas tahun, jawabannya adalah: hampir segalanya. Enam tahun lalu ia direkrut oleh DB Entertainment—salah satu perusahaan musik K-pop terbesar di Seoul. Aturan menjadi trainee DB Entertainment cukup sederhana: latihan 24 jam sehari dan 7 hari seminggu, tampil sempurna, dilarang…
Dataran Tortilla menggambarkan kehidupan kaum paisanos - rakyat jelata yang berdarah campuran Spanyol, Indian, Meksiko, dan Kaukasia, di sebuah daerah nelayan yang miskin. Danny, seorang non-konformis, memimpin sekelompok petualang, hidup bersenang-senang, tanpa pertimbangan buruk-baik. Tapi sebuah tragedi yang menimpa kelompok petualang ini merupakan amanat pengarang yang halus mengenai nilai …
SC Cilandak ( Pink / Connecting ) The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by bestselling novelist Rodman Philbrick is the story of a young boy who runs away to find his brother, a young boy who has been sold into the army during the Civil War. In this novel, Homer has many adventures as he follows his brother to the Battle of Gettysburg. Homer meets a Quaker who is smuggling slaves out …