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From riches to rags, Milena is growing up in the city of Prague at the turn of the 20th century. Her parents' once prosperous theater lies in disrepair, and her life seems to be in ruins since the fateful night her father died in a tragic accident and her beautiful, talented mother went missing. Milena has never lost hope that her mother will come back. The day she meets the flamboyant Puppet Master and his menacing twin protégés, Zdenko and Zdenka, under the shadow of Prague's famous Astronomical Clock in the Old Town square, is, coincidentally, the date of her mother's birthday. It's also the day Milena's grandmother chooses to reveal to her the story of her ancestorsand of her legacy. Perhaps it's not such a coincidence? Joanne Owen's debut novel, long-listed for the Carnegie Medal, skillfully mingles the legends of Bohemia in a story rich in the traditions of circus, theater, and magic, all set in a city waiting to lay bare a myriad of secrets.
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Joanne Owen works in children's bookselling and publishing. Puppet Master is her first novel.
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"Timeless, like fairytales and fever dreams. Its territory is the high Gothic: not the watered-down, commercialised stuff, but the genuine article. . . Joanne Owen has fashioned . . . a fascinating piece of children's fiction." —Guardian"It's like reading an old fairytale you'd forgotten you heard as a child." —SFX Magazine"Owen is a terrific storyteller, and she evokes an atmosphere [that is] beautiful and spooky." —Daily Telegraph"Full of magic and mystery . . . engaging and fascinating." —Publishing News"An original witch's brew of myth, history, fable and fun." —Prague Post"The vivid descriptions and gothic atmosphere which the author creates transport the reader deep into 19th Century Prague." —Lovereading
"A mixture of folk tale and magic." —Carousel
"A gripping page turner. The whole book is engaging and involving bringing both people and place, not to mention puppets, vividly to life." —The School Librarian