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Title details for Daughter of Venice by Donna Jo Napoli - Available

Daughter of Venice

by Donna Jo Napoli
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In 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.
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Publisher: Random House Children's Books

Kindle Book

  • Release date: May 14, 2002

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  • ISBN: 9780375890079
  • Release date: May 14, 2002

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  • ISBN: 9780375890079
  • File size: 412 KB
  • Release date: May 14, 2002
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Kindle Book
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subjects

Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:4.9
Lexile® Measure:720
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3

In 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.
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Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature