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Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Júlia Sardà.

156 pages :

illustrations.

Summary: At the Hotel Balzaar, Marta's mother rises before the sun and instructs Marta to remain silent and invisible -- like a mouse. While her mother cleans rooms, Marta slips down the back staircase to the grant lobby to chat with the bellman and watch the endless turning of the grandfather clock. All the while, she dreams of the return of her soldier father. Then, one day, a mysterious countess with a parrot appears. She promises Marta seven stories, and as the stories unfold, Marta begins to wonder if they may hold the secret to her father's disappearance.

Norendy tale.