Po from Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver
Book Character profile
Name: Po
Occupation: Ghost!
Species: Ghost
Speaks: English
Age: I don’t remember.
Height: It depends
Hair Color: Shadow
Eyes: Moonlight.
Identifying physical marks: “It was as though the darkness was a sheet of raw cookie dough and someone had just taken a cookie cutter and made a child-sized shape out of it.”
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.
From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver comes a luminous and magnificent novel that glows with rare magic, ghostly wonders, and a true friendship that lights even the darkest of places.
About Lauren
Lauren Oliver burst onto the scene with her first novel, the New York Times bestseller BEFORE I FALL. This was followed by her stunningDELIRIUM, which ALA Booklist called “another deft blend of realism and fantasy.” A graduate of the University of Chicago and the MFA program at New York University, Lauren lives in Brooklyn, New York.LIESL & PO is her first novel for younger readers.
You can visit her online at www.laurenoliverbooks.com.