Ngô Tất Tố (1894-1954), người làng Lộc Hà, tổng Hội Phụ, phủ Từ Sơn, Bắc Ninh (nay là thôn Lộc Hà, xã Mai Lâm, huyện Đông Anh, Hà Nội). Ông là một nhà văn, nhà báo, nhà Nho học và nghiên cứu có ảnh hưởng ở Việt Nam giai đoạn trước năm 1954...
Nguyễn Huy Tưởng sinh ngày 6 tháng 5 năm 1912 trong một gia đình nho giáo ở làng Dục Tú, Từ Sơn, Bắc Ninh, nay thuộc xã Dục Tú, huyện Đông Anh, Hà Nội...
"Iqbal" is a powerful and moving novel written by Francesco D'Adamo and translated by Ann Leonori. The book tells the story of a young Pakistani boy named Iqbal Masih, who becomes a prominent child activist against child labor after his own escape from slavery...
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" is a heart-wrenching and poignant novel written by John Boyne. The story is set during World War II and tells the tale of a young German boy named Bruno, whose father is a high-ranking officer in the Nazi army...
Orson Scott Card is an American author of science fiction and fantasy novels. Born in Richland, Washington in 1951, Card began writing at a young age and was published for the first time at the age of 26...
"The Handmaid's Tale" is a scary and powerful book that talks about what can happen when extreme ideas take over and hurt women's rights and choices. Margaret Atwood wrote it in 1985 and tells a sad story about a society called Gilead that took over the United States after having very few babies born...
"The Outsiders" is a classic young adult novel written by S.E. Hinton and first published in 1967. Set in the 1960s in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the story follows the Greasers, a gang of working-class boys from the wrong side of the tracks, as they navigate their turbulent relationships with their rival gang,...
"The Pearl" is a novella written by American author John Steinbeck and published in 1947. Set in a small village in Baja California, the story follows Kino, a poor pearl diver, and his wife, Juana, as they discover a valuable pearl that they believe will provide them with a better life...
Louis Sachar's "Holes" is a young adult novel that tells the story of Stanley Yelnats, a boy falsely accused of stealing a pair of shoes and sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention center in the desert. The camp requires the boys to dig large holes every day, and Stanley discovers that the warden has a hidden agenda for digging...
"About a Boy" is a witty and poignant novel by British author Nick Hornby, first published in 1998. The story follows the unlikely friendship between two individuals from vastly different backgrounds: Will Freeman, a 36-year-old bachelor and a self-proclaimed expert in avoiding commitment,...