The Orange Girl

The Orange Girl
Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2010-07-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0297864025

From the author of SOPHIE'S WORLD, a modern fairy tale with a philosophical twist. 'It should be read by all' VOGUE 'My father died eleven years ago. I was only four then. I never thought I'd hear from him again, but now we're writing a book together' To Georg Røed, his father is no more than a shadow, a distant memory. But then one day his grandmother discovers some pages stuffed into the lining of an old red pushchair. The pages are a letter to Georg, written just before his father died, and a story, 'The Orange Girl'. But 'The Orange Girl' is no ordinary story - it is a riddle from the past and centres around an incident in his father's youth. One day he boarded a tram and was captivated by a beautiful girl standing in the aisle, clutching a huge paper bag of luscious-looking oranges. Suddenly the tram gave a jolt and he stumbled forward, sending the oranges flying in all directions. The girl simply hopped off the tram leaving Georg's father with arms full of oranges. Now, from beyond the grave, he is asking his son to help him finally solve the puzzle of her identity.

The World According to Anna

The World According to Anna
Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2015-11-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0297609750

When fifteen-year-old Anna begins receiving messages from another time, her parents take her to the doctor. But he can find nothing wrong; in fact he believes there may be some truth to what she is seeing. Anna is haunted by visions of the desolate world of 2082. She sees her great-granddaughter, Nova, roaming through wasteland with a band of survivors, after animals and plants have died out. The more Anna sees, the more she realises she must act to prevent the future in her visions becoming real. But can she act quickly enough? 'Compelling' Sunday Times

Five Quarters of the Orange

Five Quarters of the Orange
Author: Joanne Harris
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061836702

When Framboise Simon returns to a small village on the banks of the Loire, the locals do not recognize her as the daughter of the infamous woman they hold responsible for a tragedy during the German occupation years ago. But the past and present are inextricably entwined, particularly in a scrapbook of recipes and memories that Framboise has inherited from her mother. And soon Framboise will realize that the journal also contains the key to the tragedy that indelibly marked that summer of her ninth year. . . .

The Girl in the Orange Dress

The Girl in the Orange Dress
Author: Margot Starbuck
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2009-05-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830836276

Margot Starbuck's story begins with a woman looking for her biological father. But it doesn't end when she finds him. Instead, his rejection punctures her soul and sends her on a different search--one that leads to a different Father. This Father did not just "sacrifice a son" like the parents she knew, but instead gave his own life out of love for her.

The Orange Houses

The Orange Houses
Author: Paul Griffin
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0142419826

Tamika Sykes, AKA Mik, is hearing impaired and way too smart for her West Bronx high school. She copes by reading lips and selling homework answers, and looks forward to the time each day when she can be alone in her room drawing. She's a tough girl who mostly keeps to herself and can shut anyone out with the click of her hearing aid. But then she meets Fatima, a teenage refugee who sells newspapers, and Jimmi, a homeless vet who is shunned by the rest of the community, and her life takes an unexpected turn.

The Orange Girl

The Orange Girl
Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Mizan Pustaka
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2016-03-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9794339253

Aku mesti mengajukan pertanyaan serius kepadamu, Georg, dan itulah sebabnya aku menulis. Akan tetapi, agar mampu mengajukan pertanyaan ini, pertama-tama aku harus menyampaikan cerita sedih. Bagaimana perasaan Anda jika mendapat surat seperti di atas dari ayah Anda yang meninggal sebelas tahun yang lalu? Bingung, tentunya. Itulah yang dialami Georg Røed pada usianya yang ke-15 tahun. Dia tak habis pikir mengapa ayahnya, di kala menjelang wafat, memutuskan untuk menuliskan kisah cintanya dengan seorang gadis misterius. Si Gadis Jeruk, demikian ayahnya menyebut gadis tersebut. Siapa sebenarnya si Gadis Jeruk itu? Dan mengapa pula ayahnya menanyakan kabar Teleskop Ruang Angkasa Hubble? Sepanjang isi buku ini, bersama Georg, Anda akan diajak menjelajahi sebuah dunia yang di dalamnya kehidupan nyata dijalani seperti dalam dongeng. Dari sebuah kisah cinta, beralih ke perenungan tentang alam semesta, sampai pada pertanyaan filosofis tentang hidup, akhirnya mungkin Anda pun bisa menjawab pertanyaan ayah Georg: sebuah pertanyaan yang sangat penting bagi hidup kita. "Pantas untuk bacaan keluarga maupun hadiah." -Kompas "Sebuah cerita yang fantastis, menggelitik pikiran, dan menyimpan banyak kejutan." -The Good Book Guide [Mizan Publishing, Filsafat, Remaja, Hidup, Indonesia]

Betty Brown, the St. Giles Orange Girl

Betty Brown, the St. Giles Orange Girl
Author: Hannah More
Publisher: Curiosmith
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2016-08-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1941281761

Betty was overjoyed when Mrs. Sponge offered to lend her money to start a business selling oranges from a wheelbarrow. True to her name Mrs. Sponge was not so generous. When a good lady saw what was happening, she offered to help Betty. She taught Betty about life, business and Christian habits.

Orange World and Other Stories

Orange World and Other Stories
Author: Karen Russell
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0525656146

From the Pulitzer Finalist and universally beloved author of the New York Times best sellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, a stunning new collection of short fiction that showcases Karen Russell’s extraordinary, irresistible gifts of language and imagination. Karen Russell’s comedic genius and mesmerizing talent for creating outlandish predicaments that uncannily mirror our inner in lives is on full display in these eight exuberant, arrestingly vivid, unforgettable stories. In“Bog Girl”, a revelatory story about first love, a young man falls in love with a two thousand year old girl that he’s extracted from a mass of peat in a Northern European bog. In “The Prospectors,” two opportunistic young women fleeing the depression strike out for new territory, and find themselves fighting for their lives. In the brilliant, hilarious title story, a new mother desperate to ensure her infant’s safety strikes a diabolical deal, agreeing to breastfeed the devil in exchange for his protection. The landscape in which these stories unfold is a feral, slippery, purgatorial space, bracketed by the void—yet within it Russell captures the exquisite beauty and tenderness of ordinary life. Orange World is a miracle of storytelling from a true modern master.

Sophie's World

Sophie's World
Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 735
Release: 2007-03-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466804270

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

Orange Princess Has a Ball

Orange Princess Has a Ball
Author: Alyssa Crowne
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-08
Genre: Balls (Parties)
ISBN: 9780606148573

Kristina is planning the biggest and best costume party imaginable. She's determined to make herself a beautiful, sparkly princess costume for the occasion. But nothing is going right...Will her costume come together in time?