Splendors and Glooms

SCHLITZ,LAURAAMY

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Author
SCHLITZ,LAURAAMY
Publish Date
12/01/2017
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
CNDLWCK
Number of Pages
400
Edition
Reprint
ISBN-10
0763694495
ISBN-13
9780763694494
SKU
9780763694494

Description

“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.