Books like Comédia infantil by Henning Mankell

Matilda is a spirited, gifted girl who uses her extraordinary powers to transform a neglectful school and empower her classmates, all while keeping humor and tenderness at the heart of the story.

Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens’s 1837-39 social novel, follows an orphan raised in a workhouse who flees to London, joins a gang of pickpockets, and uncovers family secrets while exposing child labour and exploitation.

A charming first look at early American pioneer life, following young Laura Ingalls and her family as they live in a simple Wisconsin cabin, learn chores, and grow together on the Big Woods frontier.

In an alternate present-day Alaska, Detective Eli Ratner investigates a murder that unearths the political and cultural legacy of a Jewish refuge founded in 1941.

On a luxury Nile cruise, the glamorous Linnet Ridgeway is found murdered, and intrepid detective Hercule Poirot must uncover the truth amid intrigue, secrets, and false leads.

Zadie Smith’s debut, White Teeth, blends humour and insight to explore race, immigration, family and identity across three generations in London.

When the home of Alex Cross's friend is turned into a murder scene, he discovers a stunningly organized gang of teenagers in Washington D.C., led by a powerful African warlord.

Three inseparable teenagers dream of a future in the world of film, weaving friendship, ambition, and the bittersweet reality of growing up in contemporary Netherlands.

A young boy named Agu is lured into a guerrilla unit amid a West African civil war, where he struggles with the loss of his father, the war’s brutality, and the paternal allure of his commander.

A fast paced international thriller - sure to delight fans starved of WallanderWhen archaeologist Louise Cantor's son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Clues that only a mother could detect lead her to believe something more sinister took place.Henrik had kept many things back from her and she is shocked to learn he had contracted HIV. While looking through his bundles of papers, she discovers he was obsessed with the conspiracy theory that JFK's brain disappeared prior to the autopsy – along with the vital evidence regarding bullet exit wounds. The only lead is a letter and photograph from Henrik's girlfriend in Mozambique.Louise's quest to unravel the mystery surrounding her son's death takes her to Africa; a continent rife with disease, poverty and corruption. Struggling to cope with sickness and the oppressive heat, Louise sees fear in every face, even unexpectedly in the patients at the clinics set up by an American businessman. In Kennedy's Brain Mankell confirms his status as a master of suspense, and delivers a timely and riveting thriller which will have readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.

A Little Princess is a classic tale of a young girl's experiences at boarding school.

Beatrix Potter’s classic picture book follows young Peter Rabbit as he disobeys his mother's warnings and ventures into Mr. McGregor’s garden, nearly getting caught in the garden’s perilous adventures.

Orphaned children in the New Forest, disguised as grandchildren of a poor forester, face the challenge of survival during the Civil War era.

An omnibus collection of Charles Dickens’ most famous novels—Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, and Tale of Two Cities—offering a broad look at 19th‑century English society, poverty, orphanhood, and the French Revolution.