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The Hotel Balzaar

Written by: Kate DiCamillo
Narrated by: Allan Corduner
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In a wise and magical follow-up to The Puppets of Spelhorst, Kate DiCamillo revisits the land of Norendy, where tales swirl within tales—and every moment is a story in the making.

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?

Book two in a trio of novellas bound by place and mood, The Hotel Balzaar masterfully juggles yearning and belief, shining light into every dark corner.

©2024 Kate DiCamillo (P)2024 Listening Library Fantasy & Magic Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Hotel
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A Magical Story

Oh my. Kate DiCamillo has done it again! A delightful story about an inquisitive little girl waiting for her father to return from war. Her mother works in a hotel as a maid and the little girl is free to wander the hotel. She meets an elderly woman, with a parrot, who tells her stories. I loved everything about this story, the characters, the setting, the mystery, the stories within the story and the magic. I listened to this on audible and the narrator is perfect.

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