Author:
Lauren Oliver
Format: Hardcover, 307 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
(October 4th 2011)
Indonesian Publisher: Mizan
Fantasy, 320 pages (April 2013)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Synopsis:
Liesl lives in a tiny attic
bedroom, locked away by her cruel stepmother. Her only friends are the shadows
and the mice, until one night a ghost appears from the darkness. It is Po, who
comes from the Other Side. Both Liesl and Po are lonely, but together they are
less alone.
That same night, an alchemist's apprentice,
Will, bungles an important delivery. He accidentally switches a box containing
the most powerful magic in the world with one containing something decidedly
less remarkable.
Will's mistake has tremendous consequences
for Liesl and Po, and it draws the three of them together on an extraordinary
journey.
From New York Times bestselling author
Lauren Oliver comes a luminous and magnificent novel that glows with rare
magic, ghostly wonders, and a true friendship that lights even the darkest of
places (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10425811-liesl-po?ac=1).
Review:
TIMELESS AND MAGICAL
This book is amazing, the illustrations are
stunning, and the whole plot is unpredictable. One of my favorite children
books ever. I cried many times while reading this book. It's heart-warming and
funny at the same time. Made me missed my childhood and the adventures. Liesl
is a strong little girl with all the difficulties come to her life. Neither
has mother nor father and lives with her wicked step mother who locks her in
the attic room in her own house. However, being friends with a ghost and his
ghost cat-and-dog-alike pet (Po and Bundle), and Will (an Alchemist's student)
makes her stronger. Together they take a long journey to bury Liesl father's
ashes beside her mother's grave under a willow tree. The ending was very sad
when Liesl has to be separated (again) with her father's spirit, Po, and
Bundle. And the writer's note behind the book was.... very true.
“. . . Liesl & Po is the embodiment of what writing has always been
for me at its purest and most basic - not a paycheck, certainly; not an idea,
even; and not an escape. Actually, it is the opposite of an escape; it is a way
back in, a way to enter and make sense of a world that occasionally seems harsh
and terrible and mystifying,
And, of course, it is a way of finding a happy ending - even, or
especially, when the happy ending is denied me in real life. Let it be an
escape for its readers. For me, it is a way of not letting go.”
I usually don't like horror genre, but the
ghosts here are very adorable and nice, not frightening at all. This book is
recommended to.... EVERYONE who
loves children books. Salute to miss Oliver!!

