The Norendy Tales #2: The Hotel Balzaar Children's Elephant Books Her seventeen-year-old sister Anna is

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The Norendy Tales #2: The Hotel Balzaar Children's Elephant Books Her seventeen-year-old sister Anna isIn a wise and magical follow up to The Puppets of Spelhorst, Kate DiCamillo revisits the land of Norendy, where tales swirl within talesand every moment is a story in the making. At the Hotel Balzaar, Martas mother rises before the sun, puts on her uniform, and instructs Marta to roam as she will but quietly, invisiblylike a little mouse. While her mother cleans rooms, Marta slips down the back staircase to the grand lobby to chat with the bellman,