The orphan singer
By: written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Singing -- Fiction.; Orphanages -- Fiction.; Venice (Italy) -- Fiction.; Italy -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Determined that their daughter realize her musical destiny, her poor but devoted parents send her away as a baby to the Venetian "ospedale," knowing she will be raised as an orphan and will never again be allowed to return home.