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> Genre: Young Adult > “That is the strangest thing about the world: how it looks so different from every point of view.”

“That is the strangest thing about the world: how it looks so different from every point of view.”

Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver

September 6, 2020 by Carriejay Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: Friendship

Liesl is an orphan. She has been locked in an attack by her horrible stepmother and hasn’t been outside in months. Sometimes she sits by the window to draw, and there a young boy named Will watches her from the street. One night a ghost appears to Liesl. He is Po. And he will help her escape the attic.

Will is an alchemist’s apprentice. One night he is tasked with taking a very important box to a very important woman, but instead he stops to see Liesl. After, a mix up leads to the box being switched with another, and Will has to run away from the alchemist. He has lost a box containing the greatest magic in the world. A magic so powerful its creation has put out the sun.

Liesl and Will eventually find each other, and team up, believing they are delivering Liesl’s father’s ashes to his home, and not realising they are both being chased by the alchemist and others. And through it all, Po is with them, helping them out of tight spots. And perhaps together, they can restore the world to the way it once was.

This is a really lovely story. It’s a quick read, but very moving and delightful. One for younger readers and older ones too.

 

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: cbr12bingo, Lauren Oliver

Carriejay's CBR12 Review No:29 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: cbr12bingo, Lauren Oliver ·
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Many moons ago I took part in Cannonball Read II, under the name Teabelly. A lot has changed since then, and I now have two year old twin girls. I'm not getting as much reading done, but I'm hoping to make a half Cannonball at least. View Carriejay's reviews»

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