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DiCamillo, Kate,
author.
The Hotel Balzaar /
Kate DiCamillo ; iIllustrated by Júlia Sard.
First edition.
Somerville, Massachusetts :
Candlewick Press,
2024.
150 pages :
illustrations ;
21 cm.
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Norendy tale, A
At the Hotel Balzaar, Marta's mother rises before the sun, puts on her uniform, and instructs Marta to roam as she will but quietly, invisibly like a little mouse. While her mother cleans rooms, Marta slips down the back staircase to the grand lobby to chat with the bellman, study the painting of an angel's wing over the fireplace, and watch a cat chase a mouse around the face of the grandfather clock, all the while dreaming of the return of her soldier father, who has gone missing. One day, a mysterious countess with a parrot checks in, promising a story--in fact, seven stories in all, each to be told in its proper order. As the stories unfold, Marta begins to wonder: could the secret to her father's disappearance lie in the countess's tales? --
Provided by publisher.
20241002.
Storytelling
Juvenile fiction.
Storytelling
Fiction.
Hotels
Juvenile fiction.
Soldiers
Missing in action
Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and daughters
Juvenile fiction.
Puppets
Fiction.
Friendship
Fiction.
Toys
Fiction.
fairy tales.
aat
novellas.
aat
Fantasy fiction.
fast
Fairy tales.
Action and adventure fiction.
fast
Illustrated works.
fast
Novellas.
rvmgf
Contes de fées.
rvmgf
Ouvrages illustrés.
rvmgf
Novellas.
rvmgf
Sardà, Júlia,
illustrator.
A Norendy tale.