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Laura Amy Schlitz Splendors and Glooms (Hardback)
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- Condition
- Publication Name
- Splendors and Glooms
- Title
- Splendors and Glooms
- ISBN-10
- 0763653802
- EAN
- 9780763653804
- ISBN
- 9780763653804
- Release Year
- 2012
- Release Date
- 28/08/2012
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 221mm
- Item Length
- 163mm
- Item Width
- 32mm
- Item Weight
- 649g
- Type
- Growing Up & Facts of Life
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Splendors and Glooms
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction
- Topic
- Law & Crime, Fantasy & Magic, Toys, Dolls & Puppets, Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, General, Family / Siblings, Historical / Europe
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Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her sorcery to a Victorian gothic thriller -- an enthralling, darkly comic tale that would do Dickens proud. The master puppeteer, Gaspare Grisini, is so expert at manipulating his stringed puppets that they appear alive. Clara Wintermute, the only child of a wealthy doctor, is spellbound by Grisini's act and invites him to entertain at her birthday party. Seeing his chance to make a fortune, Grisini accepts and makes a splendidly gaudy entrance with caravan, puppets, and his two orphaned assistants. Lizzie Rose and Parsefall are dazzled by the Wintermute home. Clara seems to have everything they lack -- adoring parents, warmth, and plenty to eat. In fact, Clara's life is shadowed by grief, guilt, and secrets. When Clara vanishes that night, suspicion of kidnapping falls upon the puppeteer and, by association, Lizzie Rose and Parsefall. As they seek to puzzle out Clara's whereabouts, Lizzie and Parse uncover Grisini's criminal past and wake up to his evil intentions. Fleeing London, they find themselves caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it's too late. Newbery Medal winner Laura Amy Schlitz's Victorian gothic is a rich banquet of dark comedy, scorching magic, and the brilliant and bewitching storytelling that is her trademark.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Candlewick Press
ISBN-10
0763653802
ISBN-13
9780763653804
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113003879
Product Key Features
Book Title
Splendors and Glooms
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Law & Crime, Fantasy & Magic, Toys, Dolls & Puppets, Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, General, Family / Siblings, Historical / Europe
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Juvenile Fiction
Dimensions
Item Length
8.7in.
Item Height
1.3in.
Item Width
6.4in.
Item Weight
22.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Age Range
9-12
Lc Classification Number
Pz7.S347145spl 2012
Grade from
Fourth Grade
Grade to
Seventh Grade
Reviews
Newbery Medalist Schlitz delivers many pleasures-fully dimensional children, period details so ripe one can nearly smell them, and droll humor that leavens a few scenes of true horror. A highly original tale about children caught in a harrowing world of magic and misdeeds. -Publishers Weekly (starred review) A brooding Dickensian novel with a touch of fantasy and a glimmer of hope. . . Vividly portrayed and complex, the characters are well defined individuals whose separate strands of story are colorful and compelling. Schlitz weaves them into an intricate tapestry that is as mysterious and timeless as a fairy tale. -Booklist (starred review) Two orphans, a witch and a girl who laughs at death: Each shares the lens of protagonist in Newbery-winner Schlitz's fully satisfying gothic novel...Schlitz's prose is perfect in every stitch, and readers will savor each word. -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Few books can be called both delightful and eerie - this novel is one. Utterly transporting. -Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal Winner Settle down; prepare for mesmerism: Laura Amy Schlitz is behind the curtain, ready to show us a story that has real magic lacing through it. -Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and What the Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy Thrilling and masterful. The characters are real humans, trapped upon the page as if by magic. The plotting is relentless . . . and then resolves into a perfect crystal. The book is beautiful. You will bark with laughter and you will cry. I did. -Adam Gidwitz, author of A Tale Dark and Grimm A wonderfully twisty, creepy melodrama with three heroes to love, two villains to hate, and then at the end - but I won't tell, except to say it's totally satisfying. -Nancy Werlin, National Book Award finalist and Edgar Award winner, A brooding Dickensian novel with a touch of fantasy and a glimmer of hope. . . Vividly portrayed and complex, the characters are well defined individuals whose separate strands of story are colorful and compelling. Schlitz weaves them into an intricate tapestry that is as mysterious and timeless as a fairy tale. -Booklist (starred review) Few books can be called both delightful and eerie - this novel is one. Utterly transporting. -Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal Winner Settle down; prepare for mesmerism: Laura Amy Schlitz is behind the curtain, ready to show us a story that has real magic lacing through it. -Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and What the Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy Thrilling and masterful. The characters are real humans, trapped upon the page as if by magic. The plotting is relentless . . . and then resolves into a perfect crystal. The book is beautiful. You will bark with laughter and you will cry. I did. -Adam Gidwitz, author of A Tale Dark and Grimm A wonderfully twisty, creepy melodrama with three heroes to love, two villains to hate, and then at the end - but I won't tell, except to say it's totally satisfying. -Nancy Werlin, National Book Award finalist and Edgar Award winner, Few books can be called both delightful and eerie - this novel is one. Utterly transporting. -Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal Winner Settle down; prepare for mesmerism: Laura Ann Schlitz is behind the curtain, ready to show us a story that has real magic lacing through it. -Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and What the Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy Thrilling and masterful. The characters are real humans, trapped upon the page as if by magic. The plotting is relentless . . . and then resolves into a perfect crystal. The book is beautiful. You will bark with laughter and you will cry. I did. -Adam Gidwitz, author of A Tale Dark and Grimm A wonderfully twisty, creepy melodrama with three heroes to love, two villains to hate, and then at the end - but I won't tell, except to say it's totally satisfying. -Nancy Werlin, National Book Award finalist and Edgar Award winner, A wonderfully twisty, creepy melodrama with three heroes to love, two villains to hate, and then at the end - but I won't tell, except to say it's totally satisfying. -Nancy Werlin, National Book Award finalist and Edgar Award winner, A brooding Dickensian novel with a touch of fantasy and a glimmer of hope. . . Vividly portrayed and complex, the characters are well defined individuals whose separate strands of story are colorful and compelling. Schlitz weaves them into an intricate tapestry that is as mysterious and timeless as a fairy tale. -Booklist (starred review) Two orphans, a witch and a girl who laughs at death: Each shares the lens of protagonist in Newbery-winner Schlitz's fully satisfying gothic novel...Schlitz's prose is perfect in every stitch, and readers will savor each word. -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Few books can be called both delightful and eerie - this novel is one. Utterly transporting. -Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal Winner Settle down; prepare for mesmerism: Laura Amy Schlitz is behind the curtain, ready to show us a story that has real magic lacing through it. -Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and What the Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy Thrilling and masterful. The characters are real humans, trapped upon the page as if by magic. The plotting is relentless . . . and then resolves into a perfect crystal. The book is beautiful. You will bark with laughter and you will cry. I did. -Adam Gidwitz, author of A Tale Dark and Grimm A wonderfully twisty, creepy melodrama with three heroes to love, two villains to hate, and then at the end - but I won't tell, except to say it's totally satisfying. -Nancy Werlin, National Book Award finalist and Edgar Award winner, Few books can be called both delightful and eerie - this novel is one. Utterly transporting. -Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal Winner Settle down; prepare for mesmerism: Laura Amy Schlitz is behind the curtain, ready to show us a story that has real magic lacing through it. -Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and What the Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy Thrilling and masterful. The characters are real humans, trapped upon the page as if by magic. The plotting is relentless . . . and then resolves into a perfect crystal. The book is beautiful. You will bark with laughter and you will cry. I did. -Adam Gidwitz, author of A Tale Dark and Grimm A wonderfully twisty, creepy melodrama with three heroes to love, two villains to hate, and then at the end - but I won't tell, except to say it's totally satisfying. -Nancy Werlin, National Book Award finalist and Edgar Award winner
Copyright Date
2012
Target Audience
Juvenile Audience
Lccn
2011-048366
Dewey Decimal
Fic
Intended Audience
Ages 9-12, Ages 4-8, Ages 2-3, under 2 Years
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Number of Pages
400 Pages
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