Sophie’s World
Author: Jostein Gaarder
An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here,,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. Throu….Read More
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