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Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz provides her sorcery to some Victorian gothic thriller — an enthralling, darkly comic story that might do Dickens proud.The master puppeteer, Gaspare Grisini, is really expert at adjusting his stringed puppets that they seem living. Clara Wintermute, the only real child of a rich physician, is spellbound by Grisini’s work and encourages him to entertain at her birthday celebration. Seeing his opportunity to create a bundle, Grisini makes and allows a wonderfully showy entry with caravan, puppets, and his two orphaned personnel. Lizzie Parsefall and Rose are stunned by the Wintermute house.