The Undrowned Child - Hardcover

Lovric, Michelle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385739990 ISBN 13: 9780385739993

Publisher: Delacorte Pr, 2011

Synopsis

Teodora has always longed to visit Venice, and at last she has her chance. But strange and sinister things are afoot in the beautiful floating city. Teo is quickly subsumed into a secret world in which salty-tongued mermaids run subversive printing presses, ghosts good and bad patrol the streets, statues speak, rats read, and librarians fluidly turn into cats. And where a book, The Key to the Secret City, leads Teo straight into the heart of the danger that threatens to destroy the city to which she feels she belongs. An ancient proverb seems to unite Teo with a Venetian boy, Renzo, and with the Traitor who has returned from the dark past to wreak revenge. . . . But who is the Undrowned Child destined to save Venice?

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Review:

Starred Review, School Library Journal, August 2011:
"Fantasy and historical fiction blend meticulously in this richly imaginative novel...The combination of imagination, thorough research, and evocative prose renders this an exceptional read that will not relinquish readers from its grasp. Happily, a sequel is already planned. This is Lovric's first contribution to literature for the young, and it is a gem."

From the Hardcover edition.

Book Description:

A stunning debut in which Venice is dying - and a long-ago prophecy of an enchanted child has been awakened from the canal's poisoned waters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Pr
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0385739990
• ISBN 13: 9780385739993
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 442