Splendors and Glooms (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780763694494)

"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.

Author: Laura Amy Schlitz
ISBN-10: 0763694495
ISBN-13: 9780763694494
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 12/26/2017
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.90w x 1.10d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 153476 / Splendors and Glooms