Splendors and glooms

Label

Splendors and glooms

Statement of responsibility

Laura Amy Schlitz

Title variation

Splendors & glooms

Creator

• Schlitz, Laura Amy.

Subject

• Blessing and cursing -- Juvenile fiction.
• Orphans -- Fiction.
• Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
• Puppets -- Juvenile fiction.
• Witches -- Juvenile fiction.
• London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
• Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction.
• Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Juvenile fiction.
• Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction.
• Puppets -- Fiction.
• Kidnapping -- Fiction.
• Blessing and cursing -- Fiction.
• Witches -- Fiction.
• London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.

Genre

• Fiction.
• Juvenile fiction.

Language

eng

Summary

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

Subject

• England
• Puppeteers
• Witches
• Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901
• Kidnapping
• Preteen girls
• Orphans
• Twelve-year-old girls
• Good and evil
• Multiple perspectives
• Historical fantasy
• London, England -- History -- 19th century

Genre

• Historical fantasy
• Multiple perspectives

Story line

• Intricately plotted

Tone

• Bleak

Writing style

• Attention-grabbing

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2013
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2012
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2012.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

LC call number

PZ7.S347145

LC item number

Spl 2012

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670

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 8

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Target audience

pre adolescent