Womankind

“Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.”

The Rainbow Troops

By Andrea Hirata

Ikal is a student at Muhammadiyah Elementary, on the Indonesian island of Belitung, where graduating from sixth grade is considered a major achievement. His school is under, once translated, went on to sell over 5 million copies.

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