Splendors and Glooms TR by Laura Amy Schlitz

Product Details

• Publisher: Candlewick (2017-12-26)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 400 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780763653804
• Item Weight: 396.9 grams
• Dimensions: 21.59 x 15.39 x 2.59 cm

“A brooding, Dickensian novel with a touch of fantasy and a glimmer of hope. . . . As mysterious and timeless as a fairy tale.” — Booklist (starred review)

Laura Amy Schlitz’s Newbery Honor–winning Victorian gothic is a rich banquet of dark comedy, scorching magic, and bewitching storytelling. Clara Wintermute, the only child of a wealthy doctor, invites master puppeteer Grisini to entertain at her birthday party. When Clara vanishes that night, suspicion falls upon the puppeteer and his orphaned assistants. The three children — two penniless waifs and one pampered heiress — have been caught in a trap set by Grisini’s ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance she’s determined to shed before it’s too late.

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