LASKAR PELANGI
By andrea hirata
publisher : bentang
dimension:13x20,5cm
price :Rp 30.000
pages :534
its a indonesia's most powerful book which can give us inspiration.created by andrea hirata who was born in belitong.he like chemistry,sains,astronomy and literature.now,he live in bandung.he has writing three books,there are sang pemimpi,laskar pelangi and edensor.laskar pelangi is one ofthe best seller book.
there are many wonderful fact in childhood of laskar pelangi.eleven children of melayu belitong who is wonderful.in gantong village,east belitong.when the muhammadiyah school was broken up by DEPDIKBUD SUMSEL if isn't get 10 new students and only 9 student who present study in there.but when Mr.harfa(head master)will speach to close this school,harun and her mother present to study in there.and the story started from their meeting with Mr.harfan and introduce with wonderfull,where a kiong only silent and smile when Mrs.muslimah ask him about her name.and there is a love story from ikal and a ling in sinar harapan shop.
they never surrender although the situation isn't sympathize to them.like lintang,a coprah coolie who is genius and with happy ride on abike 80km for go and home to satisfy his thirsty of knowledge.sometimes,only for sing asong "padamu negeri"in the last time of the lesson.Or mahar,a coconut grater coolie and artist in muhammadiyah school.he is imajinatif,creative and his friends always consider trifling.but he have raise their kampung school's level in 17 august carnival.
after 12 years,
now,lintang become a truck driver.sahara get married with a kiong.and borek become a coolie in their shop.mahar become a teacher in SMAN 2 tanjung pandan.syahdan become an actor although only small actor.kucai become a politician in belitong.trapani and his mother is crazzy because mothercomplex and there is in hospital.floriana become a kindergarden teacher and they still survive in their life with their way.
the book compromise about love,friendship,religion and education.what is make the book is very interesting??? because its a reality of andrea hirata and laskar pelangi.the book can make you think about your life in the world.like Mrs.muslimah and Mr.harfan who teach them with honest without salary,its can be evaluation for us "have you ever seen the sincerity like it in this time??? maybe,seldom we meet it.the book can give you spirit to study hard,because we can feel the spirit of lintang.the boy who cant study in school again because her father is die and he must work for his family.we must think that we are a lucky person because we can study in the school.so,we must study hard.
the shortage of the book is there are many sains words,chemistry words and astronomy words.but there are glosarium in the book.so,we can find the doifficult words in the glosarium and we can easy to read it.the book is simple story but the content is very beautiful,because laskar pelangi's experiences can teach us about life.the book have a high quality and enjoy to follow the story.
