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Daughter of Venice by Donna Jo Napoli
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Daughter of Venice

Mass Market

Donna Jo Napoli

Random House Children's Books · 2003-12-09

Edition details: Paperback – December 9, 2003

Daughter of Venice: Mass Market

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Who It's For

  • Good for readers who enjoy Young Adult Fiction / Historical / Renaissance
  • Good for readers interested in historical
  • Good for fans of Historical Fiction

What You Get

  • Themes: Year, History, Girls.
  • Reading lane: Historical and People & Places.
  • Publisher: Random House Children's Books.

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What we read

  • Young Adult Fiction / Historical / Renaissance

    83%

  • Young Adult Fiction / People & Places / Europe

    78%

  • Young Adult Fiction / Historical / Europe

    78%

About This Book

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 d...

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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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