Splendors and glooms

Laura Amy Schlitz First published 2012

About this book

When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans are caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it is too late.

Subjects

  • award:newbery_award
  • birthdays
  • blessing and cursing
  • children's fiction
  • fantasy fiction
  • fiction
  • friendship in children
  • good and evil
  • great britain, history, 19th century, fiction
  • historical fiction
  • history
  • juvenile fiction
  • juvenile fiction / toys, dolls, puppets
  • kidnapping
  • kidnapping, fiction
  • london (england), history, fiction
  • magic
  • newbery honor
  • new list 20120930
  • new york times bestseller
  • nyt:childrens-middle-grade=2013-02-17
  • orphans
  • orphans, fiction
  • puppets
  • puppets and puppet plays
  • puppets, fiction
  • toys, dolls, puppets
  • witches
  • witches, fiction