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Schlitz, Laura Amy

Splendors and Glooms

384 pp. | Candlewick | August, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-5380-4 $17.99
(2) 4-6 Lizzie Rose and Parsefall, two Victorian waifs living under the guardianship of crook/magician/puppeteer Grisini, cross paths with cosseted Clara. This meeting results in a kidnapping, the magical imprisonment of Clara in puppet form, and encounters with aging witch Cassandra. Schlitz takes the conventions of melodrama and fleshes them out with toothsome scene setting and surprising, original character details.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2012

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