Akses ini memerlukan izin dan pendampingan. Silakan hubungi pustakawan. ___ For eight-year-old Ajay and his older brother Birju, life in Delhi in the late 1970s follows a comfortable, predictable routine: bathing on the roof, queuing for milk, playing cricket in the street. Yet everything changes when their father finds a job in America - a land of carpets and elevators, swimsuits and hot wat…
Akses terbatas - hanya untuk guru, tendik, dan orang tua ___ The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are defined by the high walls and frangipani trees of her family estate and the dictates of her fanatically religious father. When Nigeria is shaken y a military coup, Kambili's father sends her to live with her aunt. There, she discovers life and love - and a terrible, bruising secret …
Anton dan Angel menjadi yatim piatu karena kecelakaan yang membuat orang tua mereka meninggal, sejak saat itu mereka dirawat oleh Om Rudy yang kemudian menjadikan mereka pengamen di lampu merah. Dengan iming-iming mencarikan orang tua asuh, kedua kakak beradik itu kemudian bekerja setiap hari demi mencari uang tanpa pernah sadar kalau mereka sedang dimanfaatkan oleh om Rudy. Suatu hari, Ange…
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Anil is the cherished eldest son of a large family from an Indian Village, expected to inherit the role of leader of his clan and arbiter of its disputes. Leena is his closest companion, a fiercely brave girl who loves nothing more than the wild terrain they inhabit and her dear parents. As childhood friends, they are inseparable, with one of those rare relationships that transcends circumstanc…
When Lucia Bok starts hearing voices, older sister Miranda tries desperately to reach her. Lucia is vibrant, full of wonder, and impetuous-but when mental illness takes hold, it threatens to derail her life, as well as the loves of everyone she loves. Miranda will try to rescue her sister-but only Lucia can decide whether she wants to be saved. At its heart, Everything Here is Beautiful is …
Ten-year-old Abdullah would do anything for his younger sister. In a life of poverty and struggle, with no mother to care for them, Pari is the only person who brings Abdullah happiness. For her, he will trade his only pair of shoes to give her a feather for her treasured collection. When their father, sets off with Pari across the desert to Kabul in search of work, Abdullah is determined not t…