The undrowned child
1st U.S. ed.
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Author
Publication
2011 - Delacorte Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
110,500 words, Guess
Page Count
442 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveundrownedchild00lovr_0
- Internet Archiveundrownedchild0000lovr_a1f8
- ISBN-139780385739993
- ISBN-139780375898617
- ISBN-139780385908146
and 5 more
- ISBN-100385739990
- ISBN-100375898611
- ISBN-100385908148
- Library of Congress Control Number2010022847
- Open LibraryOL25092255M
Classifications
- DDC[Fic]
- LCCPZ7.L95949 Un 2011
Description
In this macabre tale 11-year-old 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? *Note*: Reviewers warn parents about frequent gruesome violence and graphic descriptions, all of which could be disturbing.
Description
In 1899, eleven-year-old Teodora goes with her scientist parents from Naples to Venice, Italy, which is falling victim to a series of violent natural disasters, and once there she is drawn into a web of mysterious adventures involving mermaids, an ancient prophecy, and the possible destruction of the city itself.
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