Zach thought he had a pretty ordinary life. That was until his hidden power was suddenly awakened one day when he was playing a video game with his sister and cousins. Apparently, their parents weren't ordinary human beings. They were in fact the kings and queens from another dimension called the Hero World. Now that their powers were awakened, Zach, his sister, and their three cousins were tak…
From the author of international bestseller Convenience Store Woman comes a collection of short fiction: weird, out of this world and like nothing you’ve read before. An engaged couple falls out over the husband’s dislike of clothes and objects made from human materials; a young girl finds herself deeply enamoured with the curtain in her childhood bedroom; people honour their dead by eat…
Charlie's beloved grandfather is ill, and Charlie will do anything to save him. He brings home a baby raven, Blue Sky, because his Native American friends claim they have powerful medicine. But caring for and protecting a wild creature is a huge responsibility. Charlie learns wondrous things about ravens — and some surprising lessons about humans.
Cerita ini berawal dari kisah seorang perempuan bernama Alea yang meninggalkan bukunya di perpustakaan, yang kemudian seseorang menemukan buku itu. Alea menceritakan betapa sukanya ia pada karakter fiksi di buku Alster Lake karya Dean Bjorn. Namun ternyata seseorang yang mengembalikan buku itu adalah penulisnya sendiri. Memiliki ketertarikan yang sama tentang Jerman, Dean Bjorn jatuh cinta u…
For 16-year-old Sam, life is about to get extremely complicated. He and his girlfriend—make that ex-girlfriend— Alicia have gotten themselves into a bit of trouble. Sam is suddenly forced to grow up and struggle with the familiar fears and inclinations that haunt us all. Nick Hornby’s poignant and witty novel shows a rare and impressive understanding of human relationships and what it …
THE FOURTH PASSENGER is set in Mumbai during the Hindu-Muslim conflict of the early 1990s. It is the story of four women raised with traditional values, whose friendship gives them emotional solace, economic self-sufficiency, and the temerity to stand up to religious extremism. Having reached their thirties, the four friends are disillusioned with their lives and marriages—to an alcoholic …
Selamat datang di dunia yang tidak pernah kalian bayangkan. Di mana rasa ingin tahu, proses belajar, menyatu dengan kepolosan, kenakalan, hingga isengnya dunia anak-anak. Selamat datang di sebuah petualangan hebat, ketika persahabatan, pengorbanan, dan pemahaman yang baik atas kehidupan tumbuh dari wajah-wajah ceria terus melekat hingga mereka tumbuh dewasa. Adalah Eliana, anak sulung Mamak …
Dorothy thinks she is lost forever when a terrifying tornado crashes through Kansas and whisks her and her dog, Toto, far away to the magical land of Oz. To get home Dorothy must follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City and find the wonderfully mysterious Wizard of Oz. Together with her companions the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion whom she meets on the way, Dorothy em…
Sym is not your average teenage girl. She is captivated with the Antarctic and the brave, romantic figure of Captain Oates from Scott's doomed expedition to the South Pole. Oates has been dead for nearly a century, but not in Sym's head. In there, he is her constant companion, her soul mate, her advisor. Sym's love for the Antarctic is overshadowed by her uncle Victor's obsession. When he takes…