Aldabra, or, The tortoise who loved Shakespeare
By: by Silvana Gandolfi ; translated by Lynne Sharon Schwartz.
Contributors: Schwartz, Lynne Sharon.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
Subjects: Grandmothers -- Fiction.; Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.; Aldabra tortoise -- Fiction.; Turtles -- Fiction.; Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.; Magic -- Fiction.; Venice (Italy) -- Fiction.; Italy -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Tortoise who loved Shakespeare
Description: In Venice, Italy, ten-year-old Elisa finds she must deal with all the unexpected consequences of her beloved eccentric grandmother's transformation into a giant Aldabra tortoise, native to a small group of coral islands in the Seychelles.