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Magic Under Glass
By Dolamore, Jaclyn
Publishers Summary:
Nimira is a foreign music-hall girl forced to dance for mere pennies. When wealthy sorcerer Hollin Parry hires her to sing with a piano-playing automaton, Nimira believes it is the start of a new and better life. In Parry's world, however, buried secrets are beginning to stir. Unsettling below-stairs rumors swirl about ghosts, a madwoman roaming the halls, and Parry's involvement with a league of sorcerers who torture fairies for sport. Then Nimira discovers the spirit of a fairy gentleman named Erris is trapped inside the clockwork automaton, waiting for someone to break his curse. The two fall into a love that seems hopeless, and breaking the curse becomes a race against time, as not just their love, but the fate of the entire magical world may be in peril.
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- 978-1-59990-430-6
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REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2010
Gr 8-10 While working in a run-down music hall, Nimira, 17, is hired to sing accompaniment to an automaton that plays the piano. The "clockwork man," in the possession of wealthy, handsome Hollin Parry, a powerful sorcerer, is more than it seems. A fairy prince, Erris has ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on October 1, 2010
At the invitation of a mysterious, handsome sorcerer, musically gifted Nimira travels to perform with a piano-playing automaton. As sh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
- The alternative-historical setting is charming and convincing, as is Nimira's nostalgia for her home, Tiansher. The automaton adds a fascinating ste...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
