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Manuscript Title: Smoke & Mirrors

Author: Christine Norris

Age group: (YA/NA) YA

Genre: Steampunk/Fairy Tale Retelling/Historical Fantasy

Word count: 99,000

250 word blurb:

It’s 1876 in Philadelphia. Benjamin Grimm, a stagehand at the Walnut Street theater and aspiring illusionist, knows the theater is very much like real life—people play their parts, hiding behind the illusion of their lives, never revealing their secrets.

When he reunites with his childhood friend Eleanor Banneker, he is delighted...