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I think the best number in the whole universe is eight. My friend, Asim, likes numbers about as much as me, but he likes them all - odd or even. Esmarelda, though, who lives across the street, isn't so fond of numbers and she hates math. Singing's more her thing. She's really good, too - nearly as good as my mum. Mum's a professional singer, or was, until we had to move. The worst number in the universe, though, is seven. For a start, it's an odd number, and it's thin and sharp and mean-looking, like a medieval scythe.

When Rose Campbell, a shy orphan, arrives at "The Aunt Hill" to live with her six aunts and seven boisterous male cousins, she is quite overwhelmed. How could such a delicate young lady, used to the quiet hallways of a girls' boarding school, exist in such a spirited home? It is the arrival of Uncle Alec that changes everything. Much to the horror of her aunts, Rose's forward-thinking uncle insists that the child get out of the parlor and into the sunshine. And with a little courage and lots of adventures with her mischievous but loving cousins, Rose begins to bloom.

A Sydney Taylor Honor Book A sixteen-year-old girl is on a mission to find the perfect boyfriend this Hanukkah, but love might not go according to plan, in this charming winter romcom from the author of The Summer of Lost Letters. Shira Barbanel has a plan: this Hanukkah, she’s going to get a...

تحتوي على 53 إصدار، تتميز بغزارة المعلومات الجغرافية والطبية عن القارة السمراء، قارة أفريقيا. وحدة (سافاري) التي سنقابلها ها هنا كانت تصطاد المرض في القارة السوداء، ووسط اضطرابات سياسية لا تنتهي، وبيئة مُعادية، وأهال متشككين. بطلنا الذي سنُقابله دومًا، ونألفه، ونتعلم أن نحبه هو د. (علاء عبد العظيم)، شاب مصري ككل الشباب، اختار أن يبحث عن ذاته بعيدًا وسط أدغال (الكاميرون)، وفي بيئة غريبة وأمراض أغرب وأخطار لا تنتهي في كل دقيقة. وفي هذه الروايات نقرأ مذكرات د.(علاء)، نعيش معه في ذلك العالم العجيب الذي لم تنجح الحضارة في تبديد معالمه.

From Stephanie Hemphill, author of the Printz Honor winner Your Own, Sylvia and the acclaimed novel Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials, comes the fascinating story of gothic novelist Mary Shelley, most famous for the classic Frankenstein. An all-consuming love affair with famed poet...