A 2013 Newbery Honor Winner.
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..
When Clara vanishes that night, suspicion falls upon the puppeteer and his orphaned assistants.
Clara Wintermute, the only child of a wealthy doctor, invites master puppeteer Grisini to entertain at her birthday party. -- Booklist (starred review) Laura Amy Schlitz\'s Newbery Honor-winning Victorian gothic is a rich banquet of dark comedy, scorching magic, and bewitching storytelling.
As mysterious and timeless as a fairy tale. . . .
A brooding, Dickensian novel with a touch of fantasy and a glimmer of hope. 6 x 8 1/2.
Newbery Medalist ( Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village ) brings her sorcery to a Victorian gothic thriller--an enthralling, darkly comic tale that would do Charles Dickens proud.
A 2013 Newbery Honor Winner
