{"product_id":"splendors-and-glooms-9780763694494","title":"Splendors and Glooms","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A brooding, Dickensian novel with a touch of fantasy and a glimmer of hope. . . . As mysterious and timeless as a fairy tale.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaura Amy Schlitz's Newbery Honor-winning 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 falls upon the puppeteer and his orphaned assistants. The three children -- two penniless waifs and one pampered heiress -- have been caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance she's determined to shed before it's too late.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Amy Schlitz\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the Newbery Medal-winning \u003ci\u003eGood Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village, \u003c\/i\u003eillustrated by Robert Byrd; \u003ci\u003eA Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama; The Night Fairy, \u003c\/i\u003eillustrated by Angela Barrett; and other books for children. She lives in Maryland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50675010273554,"sku":"9780763694494","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_80bae861-79f6-41c1-827b-a343cb4d468f.jpg?v=1733869349","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/splendors-and-glooms-9780763694494","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}