Awards and HonorsKirkus Reviews Best Children’s Book of 2012; The New York Times Notable Children’s Books of 2012, Middle Grade; SLJ Best Children’s Books 2012, Fiction; Horn Book Fanfare 2012, Fiction: Booklist Editors’ Choice Books for Youth, 2012: Fiction, Middle Readers: 2103 Newbery Medal Honor Book; ALSC 2013 Notable Children’s Books, Middle Readers
London, 1860: Parsefall and Lizzie Rose think their boss, the puppeteer Grisini, abducted Clara Wintermute. Then the kids find a marionette of the missing girl.