The undrowned child
By: Michelle Lovric
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9780385739993; 9780375898617; 9780385908146
Subjects: Prophecies; Mermaids; Good and evil; Orphans; History; Fiction
Description: In 1899, eleven-year-old Teodora goes with her scientist parents from Naples to Venice, Italy, which is falling victim to a series of violent natural disasters, and once there she is drawn into a web of mysterious adventures involving mermaids, an ancient prophecy, and the possible destruction of the city itself.