Daughter of Vencie
Frustrated with the restrictions her gender imposes on her life, 14-year-old Donata, disguised as a boy, sneaks out of her noble family's house to roam the streets of late 16th-century Venice.
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| Interest Age |
12-15 years |
| Reading Age |
12-15 years |
| Library of Congress |
Sex role - Fiction., Italy - History - 16th century - Fiction., Venice (Italy) - History - 16th century - Fiction. |
| NBS Text |
School Textbooks & Study Guides: Literature, Arts & Humanities |
| ONIX Text |
Children/juvenile;ELT/ESL;College/higher education;Primary & secondary/elementary & high school |
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| Number of Pages |
288 pp |
| Dimensions |
Width: 108mm
Height: 178mm
Spine: 19mm |
| Weight |
136g |
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| Dewey Code |
Not specified |
| Catalogue Code |
Not specified |
Description of this Textbook
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. From the Hardcover edition.
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Awards & Reviews
| NZ Review |
Napoli's many fans will not be disappointed by this engrossing and exotic novel. -- School Library Journal, Starred <p> From the Hardcover edition. |
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