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OverviewIn 1592, Donata is a noble girl living in a palazzo on the Grand Canal. Girls of her class receive no education and rarely leave the palazzo. In a noble family, only one daughter and one son will be allowed to marry; Donata, like all younger daughters, will be sent to a convent. Donata longs to be tutored like her brothers and to see the Venice she has glimpsed only on the map. What is the world beyond her balcony, beyond what she sees when she glides, veiled, in a gondola down the canal? She dresses as a boy and escapes the palazzo on the Grand Canal to see the world before she is shut away, and to try to find a way to escape her fate. Donata risks everything; she changes her life, and her family’s life, forever when she walks through the door and encounters a Venice she never knew existed. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Donna Jo NapoliPublisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Imprint: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Dimensions: Width: 10.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 17.30cm Weight: 0.170kg ISBN: 9780440229285ISBN 10: 0440229286 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 09 December 2003 Recommended Age: From 12 years Audience: Children/juvenile , ELT/ESL , College/higher education , Children / Juvenile , ELT General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsNapoli's many fans will not be disappointed by this engrossing and exotic novel. -- School Library Journal , Starred From the Hardcover edition. Napoli's many fans will not be disappointed by this engrossing and exotic novel. -- School Library Journal, Starred <p> From the Hardcover edition. Napoli's many fans will not be disappointed by this engrossing and exotic novel. -- School Library Journal , Starred<br><br><br> From the Hardcover edition. Author InformationDonna Jo Napoli is the author of Crazy Jack, The Magic Circle, Stones in Water, and many other books, and is the chairperson of the linguistics department at Swarthmore College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |