Liesl  Po, Lauren Oliver
Liesl  Po, Lauren Oliver
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Liesl & Po

Author: Lauren Oliver

Narrator: Jim Dale

Unabridged: 5 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 10/04/2011


Synopsis

From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver comes a luminous novel that glows with rare magic, ghostly wonders, and a true friendship that lights even the darkest of places. An E. B. White Read-Aloud Honor Book, it’s perfect for fans of the author’s other middle grade novels: The Spindlers and the Curiosity House series. 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 named Po appears from the darkness.That same evening, an alchemist's apprentice named Will makes an innocent mistake that has tremendous consequences for Liesl and Po, and it draws the three of them together on an extraordinary journey.

About Lauren Oliver

Lauren Oliver is the cofounder of media and content development company Glasstown Entertainment, where she serves as the President of Production. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of the YA novels Replica, Vanishing Girls, Panic, and the Delirium trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem, which have been translated into more than thirty languages. The film rights to both Replica and Lauren's bestselling first novel, Before I Fall, were acquired by Awesomeness Films. Before I Fall was adapted into a major motion picture starring Zoey Deutch. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017, garnering a wide release from Open Road Films that year.Oliver is a 2012 E. B. White Read-Aloud Award nominee for her middle-grade novel Liesl & Po, as well as author of the middle-grade fantasy novel The Spindlers and The Curiosity House series, co-written with H.C. Chester. She has written one novel for adults, Rooms.Oliver co-founded Glasstown Entertainment with poet and author Lexa Hillyer. Since 2010, the company has developed and sold more than fifty-five novels for adults, young adults, and middle-grade readers. Some of its recent titles include the New York Times bestseller Everless, by Sara Holland; the critically acclaimed Bonfire, authored by the actress Krysten Ritter; and The Hunger by Alma Katsu, which received multiple starred reviews and was praised by Stephen King as “disturbing, hard to put down” and “not recommended…after dark.” Oliver is a narrative consultant for Illumination Entertainment and is writing features and TV shows for a number of production companies and studios.Oliver received an academic scholarship to the University of Chicago, where she was elected Phi Beta Kappa. She received a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from New York University.www.laurenoliverbooks.com.

About Jim Dale

As ""Best Children's Narrator,"" Jim Dale has won a record seven Audie Awards, including ""Audio Book of the Year 2004,"" a Grammy® Award and four Grammy® nominations. As an actor he has won a Tony® Award, five Tony® nominations, four Drama Desk Awards, and four Outer Critics Awards. As a lyric writer, he received an Oscar® nomination for writing the song ""Georgy Girl.""


Reviews

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on October 04, 2011

Every once in awhile, a children's book comes along that whisks you away to another world--and if you're very lucky, at the end of the story, it's one that also illuminates your own. Liesl & Po extends a delightful invitation to wizardry and adventure, but it’s also a gentle and poignant rumination......more

Goodreads review by Giselle on November 03, 2012

A truly magical story! Liesl & Po will open your heart and make you reminisce on your childhood days when you believed in magic and when anything was possible. The first thing I noticed and fell in love with in this book was the wonderful illustrations inside it's pages: Also, I was pleasantly surpris......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on March 30, 2012

I originally gave this 4 stars but changed it after I did some thinking. I definitely wanted this book to be at least 4 stars and even convinced myself at certain points that it was far better than I actually found it to be. I have nothing against children's books - and I do actually mean childre......more

Goodreads review by Cait on November 20, 2011

If you don't have this on your to read list, put in not there right now. Ahem. Come around, everyone, and join me and my cat in this amazing review of a truly amazing book. [image error] Such a peaceful scene........my cat and me. I know that I don't write many five-star reviews, or even give out ma......more

Goodreads review by Steph on November 18, 2011

Coincidences; mix-ups; harmless mistakes and switches. And so a story is born. I usually do not read children's books, but when my good friend, Wendy, told me about it, I knew I couldn't resist. And I'm so glad I didn't. This book has that unputdownable quality to it. Lauren Oliver, this......more