num_pages: 208
description: Alfredo, a choir boy in 18th-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, and his mysterious Uncle Giorgio spirits him away to their ancestral home below a volcano. There he learns that Uncle Giorgio is the Master of the Mountain; he can control the volcano. He is also an alchemist, able to make gold from the tears of the fiery salamander he captured from the heart of the mountain. Alfredo is his heir, the next Master; and as Alfredo learns the history of his family and its power, he begins to suspect that his uncle is actually a fearsome sorcerer.
language: English
title: The Tears of the Salamander
titlecomplete: The Tears of the Salamander
genres: Historical, Fantasy, Childrens, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Historical Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Magic
ratings_count: 385
publisher: Wendy Lamb Books