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We meet Liesl the night after the day her young father has died. That same day she is visited by a ghost, Po, an eight year old boy who lives on the other side, the territory between life and death that runs parallel to the living world. Po has come to tell her that her father is stuck on the... read more
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Characters edit
- Liesel: Main character. She is an orphan held prisoner by her stepmother.
- Po: A ghost who befriends Liesel.
- Bundle: An animal ghost and Po's companion.
- Will: The alchemist's apprentice. He sees Liesel and is attracted to her.
- Mo: Security guard who works for the Lady Premiere
- Lefty: Mo's pet cat.
- Augusta: Liesel's Stepmother.
- Vera: Augusta's daughter.
- Lady Premiere: She is an affluent woman who lives in a mansion. She has ordered the most powerful magic from the alchemist.
- The Alchemist: He wants to be known as more than a magician. He has spent years working on a magic spell for Lady Premiere which he hopes will make everyone call him an alchemist and not a magician.
- Henry Morbower: Liesl's father and Augusta's husband, he has just died.
Quotes edit
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“People need other people to feel things for them," she said. "It gets lonely to feel things all by yourself.”
Liesl -
“Nothing in the world is ever really nothing, and everything is possible in some way, and Po knew it.”
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“How strange. How strange and nice. To be able to always say what you mean without having to say anything.”
Liesl -
“It was strange to think that only a minute earlier she had been carrying the ghost inside of her. Liesl did not know whether to feel embarrassed or exhilarated or sad, so she felt everything at once. For the first time it struck her as a strange thing, to have such careful boundaries around the self, and to be your own person and only your own person, always when you were alive.”
Narrator -
“(And this, really, is the story-within-the-story, because if you do not believe that hearts can bloom suddenly bigger, and that love can open like a flower out of even the hardest places, then I am afraid that for you the road will be long and brown and barren, and you will have trouble finding the light. But if you do believe, then you already know all about magic.)”
Narrator
Setting & Locations edit
- 31 Highland Ave: Liesl's current address where she lives in the attic
- Dirge: City where Liesl lives
- Cloverstown: The city of fire and smoke. Liesl and Will traveled to there by train on their journey to Liesl's first home - The Red House.
- The Other Side: A parallel world where the ghosts, Po and Bundle are from.
First Sentence edit
On the third night after the day her father died, Liesl saw the ghost.
Table of Contents edit
Part I - Attics and Accidents
Part II - Narrow Escapes & Excitable Sparrows
Part III - Reversals & Reunions
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lauren Oliver (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: United States
Publication Date: October 4, 2011
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: United States
Publication Date: October 4, 2011
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 320
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