Daughter of Venice

This is a nice middle-school historical fiction work. Purchased for a nine-year-old visiting Venice for the first time. Humanizes the city in a fun way! The main character is likeable and her adventures seem realistic, if bold. The author fleshes out the social strata of the time in a relevant and relatable way. The story moves along at a nice pace, with a bit of romantic feelings described but no descriptions of sexual contact/kissing of any kind. I'm not a scholar of history, so can't speak to the accuracy of the author's research. We both enjoyed reading this. Highly recommended!

Beautiful writing, characters, and cover art.

Book was in good condition and arrived in a short space of time. It will be useful for my daughter's drama exam later on this year.

I purchased this book for my 12 year old daughter to read as we spend 3 months in Italy. I read it as well and found it extremely interesting. Venice is one of my favorite cities and i love that my daughter has such a strong woman character to look up to.

Love this author's books and feel sure that we be the case with this one as well. Have already ready first chapter and am already involved with the main character. Book was used and in the condition I expected.

Great condition

A great book about culture long ago, which is so interesting for my nine year old. I learned about early times in Venice right along with her. Highly recommended - wishing there was a continuation of the story.

Our family spent time in Venice last summer, and I love sustaining that magic with my 8 year old daughter as we read. The Thief Lord is maybe her favorite book, and we also just read Daughter of Venice by Donna Jo Napoli. There is some reference to prostitution, which I sort of skipped over, so it's up to you how young a child you would feel comfortable reading it to, but my daughter is a pretty sophisticated reader otherwise. SPOILER ALERT: I love that while it seems it might end up being a love story, it's really about empowering girls via education. Enjoy!https://www.amazon.com/Daughter-Venice-Donna-Jo-Napoli/dp/0440229286

Ventophiles must buy

good read

I didn't really care for this book. Just my opinion.

Having recently received a copy of the Daughter of Venice I was pleasantly surprised to see that for a second hand book it was in very good condition. However I was shocked to see that inside the front cover is the stamp from a school library. I have purchased this book in good faith and would like to be confident that it was the seller's property and not still the property of the school.