Splendors and Glooms Diane C. McPhail Laura Amy Schlitz’s Newbery Honor–winning

Laura Amy Schlitz’s Newbery Honor–winning Victorian gothic is a rich banquet of dark comedy

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Splendors and Glooms Diane C. McPhail Laura Amy Schlitz’s Newbery Honor–winningA brooding, Dickensian novel with a touch of fantasy and a glimmer of hope. . . . As mysterious and timeless as a fairy tale. Booklist (starred review) Laura Amy Schlitzs Newbery Honorwinning Victorian gothic is a rich banquet of dark comedy, scorching magic, and bewitching storytelling. Clara Wintermute, the only child of a wealthy doctor, invites master puppeteer Grisini to entertain at her birthday party. When Clara vanishes that night, suspicion