Title: Laskar Pelangi
Author: Andrea Hirata
Publisher: Landscape
City Place Published: Jl. Pandega Padma 19, Yogyakarta
Year of Publication: Prints III, July 2007
Pages: 533 pages
Starting at SD Muhammadiyah, Belitong hometown school with limited facilities even minus, open enrollment for new student class. Until last saat2 registration only 9 children were registered and ready to go to class on the first day. Though decrepit school has threatened to disband if new students are less than 10 people.
At the bottom, to send their child means embracing the burden of costs to be borne during bertahun2. And closing of the child the opportunity to hire a full time basis to help reduce the heavy burden of life.
If there is no Aaron, a 15-year-old boy with mental retardation, who schooled by her mother to not only chase chicks in the house, would never happen this story. Curls will never meet, befriend one class with latitude, Mahar, Syahdan, a Kiong, Leek, Borek aka Samson, Sahara, Trapani, and Aaron. Mom will never meet a Muslim, yet loving teachers committed to educating students. And there will never be Laskar Pelangi, which in the rainy season always seen the rainbow afternoon ritual with filicium tree dahan2 perched in front of their class.
Furthermore, a variety of events narrated full of joy and sorrow of the ten children of members of Laskar Pelangi. Later in the story Rainbow Warriors got eleven members, members of the second woman, Flo.
Story about Latitude, super genius child upbringing nature, whose home is 40 miles from the school and has taken to cycling every day without complaining. Even when one day his bike chain broke, he willingly guided walking his bicycle to school. And happy to still have the opportunity to sing to you the State participated in last school hours .... * Shudder * ... (SMP age I was fascinated with teman2 ride my bike every day from his home within 10 miles of the school, in order to be able to study in the new junior high school in the district town ... but it turns out that there is no).
Mahar is about the next child genius, but this one is genius in artistic talent. Revolves around routine buy chalk in stores away from school and smelling foul, leading to the first love story A Ling curls to beautiful nails. About the success they bring up the SD Muhammadiyah has always underestimated the carnival August 17 and quiz competitions. About ideals curls. Flo disappearance. The mystical adventures of pirate island Tuk Bayan Tula meet with Flo and Mahar. And the first part is covered with deep sadness that deeply moving moment goings Rainbow Warriors had to give up a friend who is less fortunate ...
The first part took the time span from the first day of class entry Laskar Pelangi Muhammadiyah elementary school for up to four months before Ebtanas junior at the same school with the same people.
This novel is good to read. A lot of very good moral values to be imitated.
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