In the year 1899, the evil spirit of venices ancient enemy, bajamonte tiepolo, whose bones are buried deep in the grand canal, rises to seek. She has published three novels for adults, of which the remedy. Savage hyenalike creatures threaten venice the ravageurs are on the prowl and seizing men, women and children. She has published three novels for adults, of which the remedy was longlisted for the orange prize for fiction. Full text of the dramatic works of william shakspeare. The undrowned child undrowned child, book 1 by michelle lovric. I thought for a young adult horror book this was really great. For a fantasy world to work it must obey its own internal logic, and for me undrowned child fails to do this. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your.
The undrowned child is a book that makes me excited about books about the art of storytelling, about imagination, about the cleverness and beauty of the english language, about great characters and about the ability of a story to transport you someplace else. Set in venice at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this novel, lovrics first for children, inhabits a fantasy time and place based upon the citys long, mysterious and waterthreatened history. Teodora has lived in naples with her adoptive parents for all of her eleven years, but she has always had a strange urge to visit venice. The undrowned child by michelle lovric, 9781444000047, available at. When the opportunity finally arises, teo and her mom and dad travel there to find the city in a horrible state. Order in the next 6 hours 17 minutes and get it by thursday, february 20. I am an adult, and therefore not the target audience for this book, but i read and enjoy a lot of childrens and ya fantasy. It isnt until teo faints in an old bookstore and finds a book called the key to secret city that she. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the undrowned child. A threepage table of contents with very intriguing chapter titles. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. But who is the undrowned child destined to save venice. Talina in the tower undrowned child, book 3 by michelle.
An encounter with a mysterious book and a boy in a bookshop take her between the linings. The undrowned child kindle edition by lovric, michelle. And where a book, the key to the secret city, leads teo straight into the heart of the. On the night of 30 june 1846 talinas parents disappear and she and her cat, drusilla, are forced to go and live with her guardian and his three savage dogs in his lonely tower in the northernmost edge of the city.
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