A book that took me by surprise. Totally! Even though I appreciate John Boyne as an author and Oliver Jeffers as an illustrator, for some reason I had not been drawn to this book, which is one of the titles for Hong Kong's Battle of the Books 2014. Consequently, I had not even read the blurb and ...
Tersebutlah seorang anak bernama Noah Barleywater. Usianya baru saja menginjak angka delapan. Namun, dia sudah kabur dari rumahnya sebelum pagi datang. Dia berpikir belum melakukan banyak hal hebat selama delapan tahun hidupnya. Tidak seperti temannya yang bisa masuk surat kabar karena memberikan...
It was okay and it was cute. And till the end, I didn't figure out all that was about Pinoccio. Traurig, aberwitzig, wunderbar geschrieben. Ein Buch, das man sich nicht entgehen lassen sollte.
possible 2012 Newbery award nominee Fun magical fantasy with a good life lesson. An interesting twist on pinnochio's story.
8-12 Simple , magical and different . It was beautiful.
This is a compelling story which deals with the sensitive subject of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Ireland from 1964 to 2013. It covers the issues of desire, guilt, denial, moral culpability and looks at the subject from the point of view of the families, victims, perpetrators and the me...
No sé qué me pasa con John Boyne. Es un escritor competente, un buen narrador, un buen cuentacuentos, sus premisas no están mal, pero a mí siempre me deja un poco indiferente. Creo que es porque pese a que escribe libros entretenidos, se nota que aspira a hacer algo más que entretener, a desarrol...