Identify Appertaining To Books Splendors and Glooms
| Title | : | Splendors and Glooms |
| Author | : | Laura Amy Schlitz |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 384 pages |
| Published | : | August 28th 2012 by Candlewick Press (MA) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Childrens. Middle Grade. Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. Mystery |
Laura Amy Schlitz
Hardcover | Pages: 384 pages Rating: 3.82 | 8850 Users | 1297 Reviews
Description Concering Books Splendors and Glooms
The master puppeteer, Gaspare Grisini, is so expert at manipulating his stringed puppets that they appear alive. Clara Wintermute, the only child of a wealthy doctor, is spellbound by Grisini’s act and invites him to entertain at her birthday party. Seeing his chance to make a fortune, Grisini accepts and makes a splendidly gaudy entrance with caravan, puppets, and his two orphaned assistants.Lizzie Rose and Parsefall are dazzled by the Wintermute home. Clara seems to have everything they lack — adoring parents, warmth, and plenty to eat. In fact, Clara’s life is shadowed by grief, guilt, and secrets. When Clara vanishes that night, suspicion of kidnapping falls upon the puppeteer and, by association, Lizzie Rose and Parsefall.
As they seek to puzzle out Clara’s whereabouts, Lizzie and Parse uncover Grisini’s criminal past and wake up to his evil intentions. Fleeing London, they find themselves caught in a trap set by Grisini’s ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it’s too late.
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| Original Title: | Splendors and Glooms |
| ISBN: | 0763653802 (ISBN13: 9780763653804) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.candlewick.com/cat.asp?browse=Title&mode=book&isbn=0763653802&pix=n |
| Literary Awards: | Newbery Medal Nominee (2013) |
Rating Appertaining To Books Splendors and Glooms
Ratings: 3.82 From 8850 Users | 1297 ReviewsPiece Appertaining To Books Splendors and Glooms
Reviewed by Rusty Key Writer: Jordan B. NielsenRecommended for: Ages 10 to 12 for explicit violence against children, overt suggestion of adult sexuality and alcoholism, and overall macabre tone. The third person narrative is split between two female characters and one male character, but though the male character is sufficiently boyish, the preciousness of the Victorian Gothic genre is likely better suited to girls. One Word Summary: Dreary.As an exercise in genre replication, Splendors andLizzie Rose and Parsefall are apprentices of a cruel puppet-master, Grisini. They are mistreated and miserable, but they have one bright afternoon--teatime with a little lonely rich girl. Then Clara goes missing and they are suspected of kidnapping her. When Grisini disappears as well, Lizzie Rose and Parsefall follow to find him in the home of a mysterious old woman. Cassandra has powerful sorceries, and the choice she offers the children could save them from Grisini's torments--or doom them
I absolutely adored this book! Laura Amy Schlitz reminds me of one of my all-time favourite authors, Joan Aiken, which is very high praise indeed. This is a rather creepy story about children and witches and a puppet-master in London a century or so ago. Brilliant.
My good sense, what little I have, tells me this was a solid story. My enjoyment sense tells me this was long and boring, despite a capable narrator.I'm torn on how I feel about this book.I think it was too much - too many narratives, too many players, too many paths. It rides the line between middle grade and young adult levels so some of the potential depth is lost, especially among the more adult themes. A lot happened throughout this story and I felt much of it was unnecessary.I liked:-The
Truly a story of "splendors and glooms" this tale of orphans, cursed jewels, magic, and mystery had an old-fashioned feel without feeling dated, if that makes sense. Schlitz, unsurprisingly, knows how to tell a story rich in every day details to help ground the plot, thus making the magical elements more shocking and more believable at the same time. Two orphans taken in and exploited by a strange, cruel Italian puppeteer? Sure. Wealthy Victorians obsessed with death and overprotective of their
"I think I can. I think I can." This little engine that could is chugging through the 2013 Newbery Medal list mentioned in a previous post. My non-picky appetite seems to stack the most recently devoured book on the top of the pile making it number one for my own personal list. Argh! My top 5 are pretty much interchangeable. So many terrific books! Glad I'm not judging the "most distinguished" book of the year... Right now I'm guessing: Splendors and Glooms, Crow, Starry River of the Sky, and
London 1860.Gaspare Grisini with his puppet caravan intrigues Clara Wintermute enough to beg for a performance of the fantoccini at her 12th birthday party. The orphans, Parsefall ("I ain't done nuffink), and Lizzie Rose are his helpers. I enjoyed this story - I would call it a grim fairy tale (pun intended), it is a Newbery metal winner, but I can't say I loved it. It was kept in grimy, dark & foggy London mostly - it added to the gloomy part. The splendor was hinted at more than brought to
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