Book description
'On the third night after the day her father died, Liesl saw the ghost.'
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.
Lauren Oliver was previously an editorial assistant at a
publishing house in New York. A graduate of the University of Chicago
and the MFA program at New York University, she is now a full-time
writer and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
