Splendors and Glooms
by Laura Amy Schlitz
Candlewick
From the publisher: 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.
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