When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her
When Mary is sent to live in a Gloomy house in England, she feels very lonely. But then she finds the key to the lost garden and makes a new friend, Dickon. Can the magical garden help her cousin Colin, too? This wonderful tale has been retold and adapted with new illustrations, making it perfect for younger readers.
When orphan, Anne Shirley s adopted by the Cuthberts, she is so happy to have found a new family. Will she be accepted at Green Gables, however, when her plans always seem to get her into trouble? This charming tale has been retold and adapted with new illustrations, making it perfect for young readers.
Heidi loves her simple life on the mountains, and she is heartbroken when she is taken to live in the city. She soon makes new friends, but she misses her grandfather, the goats, and her friend Peter. Will Heidi ever be allowed to return home? This charming tale has been retold and adapted with new illustrations, making it perfect for younger readers.
Heisi is a Swiss work of fiction, originally published in two parts as Heidi's years of learning and travel and Heidi makes use of what whe has learned. It is a novel aboyt the events in the life of a young girl in her grandfather;s care, in the Swiss ALps. It was written as a book for children and those who love children" in 1880 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri."
Oliver Twist is an orphan. After escaping a cruel workhous for the poor, he comes to live with the criminal Fagin, the sneaky Artful Dodger, and a group of pickpockets. Will he be a street urchin forever?
Kehadirannya bagaikan hantu. Hugo menyelinap dari satu bilik ke bilik lain, menyusuri lorong tak terlihat, dan mengendap-endap di bawah temaram lampu stasiun koota. Tak seorang pun tahu, Hugo menyembunyikan sebuah rahasia besar warisan mendiang ayahnya, satu-satunya pengikat dirinya dengan masa lalu sekaligus masa depan. Namun, semua berubah ketika dia berjumpa seorang proa tua berwajah muram y…
820L | Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There are adventures in the graveyard for a boy--an ancient Indigo Man, a gateway to the abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, …
Twelve-year old orphan Emma Casey lives by a haunted graveyard in her Tennessee town, giving tours, and helping her brother and Granny Blue with the family bakery, and waiting for the destiny dream of her ancestors--but when it comes it shows her only a key, and she finds that she must solve a ghostly mystery that has haunted her town for generations
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized