Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal Winner Settle down prepare for mesmerism: Laura Amy Schlitz is behind the curtain, ready to show us a story that has real magic lacing through it.
Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Few books can be called both delightful and eerie - this novel is one. Booklist (starred review) Two orphans, a witch and a girl who laughs at death: Each shares the lens of protagonist in Newbery-winner Schlitz's fully satisfying gothic novel.Schlitz's prose is perfect in every stitch, and readers will savor each word. Schlitz weaves them into an intricate tapestry that is as mysterious and timeless as a fairy tale. Vividly portrayed and complex, the characters are well defined individuals whose separate strands of story are colorful and compelling. Publishers Weekly (starred review) A brooding Dickensian novel with a touch of fantasy and a glimmer of hope. A highly original tale about children caught in a harrowing world of magic and misdeeds.
Newbery Medalist Schlitz delivers many pleasures-fully dimensional children, period details so ripe one can nearly smell them, and droll humor that leavens a few scenes of true horror.
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