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Splendors and glooms

Summary: 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.

Item details

ISBN: 9780763653804
ISBN: 0763653802
Physical Description: print
384 pages ; 23 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2012.
Manufacturer: York, Pa. : Printed in York, Pa., U.S.A.
Copyright: ©2012

Contents / Notes

General Note:	"A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jacket.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 10-14. Middle School.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader MG 5.1 15.0 quiz no. 153476. Reading Counts 6-8 4.2 23. Lexile 670L. F&P V.
Awards Note:	Newbery Honor Book, 2013

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