A RESUME OF TANAH AIR BETA

TANAH AIR BETA NOVEL by SEFRYANA KHAIRIL A story about the struggle of life, yearning, uncertainty, friendship and love. Start from the island ex of Indonesian is called Timor-Timur (Timor Leste). A road looks like full by a thousand people who want to flee. They faces seen very tired, scared, and they can’t say anything. They just straight away and follow the others. Mama Tatiana, a young mother with redness curly hair. She flanked the tikar and took his daughter, Merry, with carrying a basket and a bottle of water. Motain is the bridge was a meeting place for families, they hugging each other and crying. Uncle Abu Bakar, a man who wanted to speak with the volunteer in a line, finally he get the chance. He always come and come but he never get what he want, then he think to send a message to his wife so the volunteer given him pen and paper whereas he can’t writing and he to be wary because his wife also can’t read the message so it’s useless. In other side, mom Tatiana in a hurry come to a volunteer named Lukman, who has done serve an evacuee. “I just want to know a report of my son, Mauro”. Lukman can’t give what she wanted and finally Tatiana send a message to volunteer and given the letter to Mauro that contained with address of Tatiana and Merry stay and waiting Mauro. In evacuate camp, Tatiana be a teacher also Merry is a student in those school with Carlo, a naughty boy. Carlo always disturbed other student, included Merry. He put a frog into Merry’s clothes and another. But in a noon, Uncle Abu Bakar came to the school and filled in to Carlo a bad news, which his mother was dying. It is makes Carlo shocked, a gladness of Carlo change to sorrow because of that and Carlo running, leave the school with sadness. Abu Bakar came to Tatiana house to advise her something, something about Mauro. Afterwards they visited place of volunteer to take the reply of Mauro’s message. When they arrived there, there is a bad news that Mauro won’t meet his mother. Mauro just wanted to meet his sister, Merry. Because of that bad news, Tatiana feeling sad and sick. Knowing that condition Merry went to his brother brought news that their mother was sick. She was alone visited to Timor Leste bravely. Tatiana panic and order Carlo to follow Marry. Finally, they met Mauro on a song they sang together. So is Tatiana that followed them silently.

MY RESUME OF BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA

Bridge to Terabithia By Katherine Paterson Bridge to Terabithia is a work of children's literature about two lonely children who create a magical forest kingdom. Jesse Aarons becomes friends with his new neighbor Leslie Burke after he loses a footrace to her at school. Leslie is a smart, talented, outgoing tomboy, and Jesse thinks highly of her. Jesse is an artistic boy that is fearful, angry, and depressed. After meeting Leslie, Jesse's life is transformed. He becomes courageous and learns to let go of his frustration. Jess Aarons greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. He had gotten up early every day all summer to run. He can’t wait to see his classmates’ faces when he beats them all. He had to be the faster, not one of the fastest or next to the fastest but the fastest. But on the first day of school, a new girl boldly crosses over to the boys’ side of the playground and outruns everyone. They became best friend and built a kingdom of imagination in the back of their home named Terabithia. To visit the kingdom they must cross difficult way. They must cross the river. Jess and Leslie must swing with the rope to get their secret place. Day by day they passed with laugh and smile. Jess and Leslie comfort their kingdom until a bad condition happened. Jess heard a bad news that Leslie fallen down from the rope and collide the stone. Leslie passed away. After that accident Jesse never go there anymore. He always remembered his queen, Leslie. Finally, he got up from his sadness and built a bridge to Terabithia. Jesse has a new life now. He also invited his little sister, May Belle to visit the kingdom. Jesse make a ritual to his sister. He put crown made from flowers on her head. Then May Belle is the next queen of Terabithia.