Splendors and glooms
By: Laura Amy Schlitz
Publisher: Candlewick
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Somerville, Mass
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780763653804
Subjects: Puppets; Kidnapping; Blessing and cursing; Orphans; Fiction; JUVENILE FICTION / Toys, Dolls, Puppets; Witches; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Newbery Honor book, 2013