“Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.”
Apr 27, 2020
1 minute
Rainer Maria Rilke
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The Rainbow Troops
By Andrea Hirata
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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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