- Published: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2012.
- Year Published: 2012
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Description: 384 p. ; 23 cm.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
Reading Level
- Lexile: 670
ISBN/Standard Number
- 9780763653804
- 0763653802
Series
Subjects
- Puppets -- Fiction.
- Orphans -- Fiction.
- Kidnapping -- Fiction.
- Witches -- Fiction.
- Blessing and cursing -- Fiction.
- London (England) -- Fiction. -- History -- 19th century
- Great Britain -- Fiction. -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901
- Adventure stories.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Historical fiction.
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Call number: R Newbery Honor 2013, Y Fiction
Available Copies: Malletts Youth, NEW, Traverwood Youth, NEW, West Youth, NEW
Additional Details
When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans are caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it is too late.
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Dark but wonderful
This book won't be for everyone. It's often very dark and the villains are irredeemably bad. But for fans of Victorian Gothic novels it'll be a pip.
Reads like a better plotted, child's version of The Night Circus.
Reads like a better plotted, child's version of The Night Circus.
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