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A review by bookishnicole
Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver
4.0
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I thought this book was overwhelmingly adorable. As I said earlier this book reminded me of The Series of Unfortunate Events. If you've read even one book in that series, you will understand what I mean by the similarities of the worlds created in these books. They seemed to be the most simple forms of our world, just with magic which makes them the best for young minds and their imaginations.
The book starts with Liesl who is locked in her attic by her stepmother and her father just died. Clearly this is not a world that pays close attention to what is happening. I also liked how there was an alchemist who was trying to make the best magic ever. This book does a great job of bringing you back to your childhood fantasies and belief in magic.
Through the story there are several story lines that come to collide as one. The story of Liesl who just wants to bury her fathers ashes next to her mother, then there is Po who is a ghost who likes to watch Liesl draw, Will who likes to watch Liesl in her attic window, Augusta who poisoned her husband for his money and locked his daughter in the attic, Lady Premier who wants the ability to raise the dead, the alchemist who can make the potion to raise the dead and Mo who just wants to give Will a hat. All of these stories converge to make one really fun magical one.
I'm sorry that this one is another short post, but the book was simple and perfect for the middle school group it is targeted at. Not only that but I felt the book is good not just for girls but for boys as well, since it doesn't get too girly in the book. Liesl and Po also helps to teach readers how to move on when someone they love has died.
I thought this book was overwhelmingly adorable. As I said earlier this book reminded me of The Series of Unfortunate Events. If you've read even one book in that series, you will understand what I mean by the similarities of the worlds created in these books. They seemed to be the most simple forms of our world, just with magic which makes them the best for young minds and their imaginations.
The book starts with Liesl who is locked in her attic by her stepmother and her father just died. Clearly this is not a world that pays close attention to what is happening. I also liked how there was an alchemist who was trying to make the best magic ever. This book does a great job of bringing you back to your childhood fantasies and belief in magic.
Through the story there are several story lines that come to collide as one. The story of Liesl who just wants to bury her fathers ashes next to her mother, then there is Po who is a ghost who likes to watch Liesl draw, Will who likes to watch Liesl in her attic window, Augusta who poisoned her husband for his money and locked his daughter in the attic, Lady Premier who wants the ability to raise the dead, the alchemist who can make the potion to raise the dead and Mo who just wants to give Will a hat. All of these stories converge to make one really fun magical one.
I'm sorry that this one is another short post, but the book was simple and perfect for the middle school group it is targeted at. Not only that but I felt the book is good not just for girls but for boys as well, since it doesn't get too girly in the book. Liesl and Po also helps to teach readers how to move on when someone they love has died.