A gorgeous retelling of Frances Hodgson Burnett's poignant novel. The story of kind-hearted Sara Crewe and her struggles at boarding school, as she goes from riches to rags following the death of her beloved father. Elegantly illustrated by Kate Aldous. Part of Young Reading Series 2 for readers growing in confidence.
Anak laki-laki dengan kemampuan yang luar biasa. Pasukan monster mematikan. Pertarungan epik demi masa depan dunia peculiar. Petualangan yang dimulai di buku Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children dan berlanjut di Hollow City mencapai akhir yang menegangkan di Library of Souls. Cerita dibuka dengan Jacob Portman yang berumur enam belas tahun dan baru mengetahui kemampuan dahsyat yang dim…
Irene, Sherlock dan Lupin punya janji di London. Tapi Lupin tidak muncul: ayahnya Théophraste sedang ditahan, dituduh mencuri dan pembunuhan Alfredo Santi, sekretaris komposer besar Giuseppe Barzini. Anak-anak lelaki memulai penyelidikan untuk membebaskannya dan menyelamatkan penyanyi sopran terkenal Ophelia Merridew di lingkungan kotor Bethnal Green hanyalah tikungan pertama yang akan menuntu…
The book tells a social condition about London during Victorian era which had sewerage problems. At that time children were being used to clean the sewerage system in the house or building. Not only human, but also the dump from horses as the main transportation during that time.
from the back cover: Come with us to London - a city as old as the Romans, and as new as the twenty-first century. There are places to go - from Oxford Street to Westminster Abbey, from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to Wimbledon Tennis Club. And things to do - ride on the London Eye, visit the markets, go to the theatre, run in the London Marathon. Big, beautiful, noisy, exciting - that's Lon…