Splendors and glooms

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Label

Splendors and glooms

Statement of responsibility

Laura Amy Schlitz

Title variation

Splendors & glooms

Creator

• Schlitz, Laura Amy
• trueSchlitz, Laura Amy

Subject

• true1860s -- 1860 -- 1869
• true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
• Blessing and cursing -- Fiction
• trueEngland
• trueGood and evil
• trueGreat Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901
• Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction
• trueHistorical fantasy
• JUVENILE FICTION / Toys, Dolls, Puppets
• trueKidnapping
• Kidnapping -- Fiction
• London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
• trueLondon, England -- History -- 19th century
• trueMultiple perspectives
• trueOrphans
• Orphans -- Fiction
• truePreteen girls
• truePuppeteers
• Puppets -- Fiction
• trueTwelve-year-old girls
• trueVictorian era (1837-1901) -- 1837 -- 1901
• trueWitches
• Witches -- Fiction

Genre

• trueMultiple perspectives
• trueHistorical fantasy
• 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

Storyline

• trueIntricately plotted

Tone

• trueBleak

Writing style

• trueAttention-grabbing

Award

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

Awards note

• Newbery Honor Book, 2013.
• Young Hoosier Award, 2014-15.
• Young Hoosier Book Middle Grades Award nominee, 2014-2015.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

670

Intended audience source

Lexile

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

Target audience

pre adolescent