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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
©2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
At the Barbary Asylum for Female Orphans, eleven-year-old Maud is adopted by three spinster sisters moonlighting as mediums who take her home and reveal to her the role she will play in their seances.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Read Alikes: Series of Unfortunate Events
Children's Read Alikes: Series of Unfortunate Events
Description
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...
Author
Series
Wen xue guan) volume 130
Publisher
Yuan jian tian xia wen hua chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2014
Language
中文(繁體)
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Read Alikes: Series of Unfortunate Events
Children's Read Alikes: Series of Unfortunate Events
Description
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.
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