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Lovric, Michelle.
THE UNDROWNED CHILD
New York : Delacorte Press, 2011
IL 5-8, RL 6.0
ISBN 0385908148
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 In the year 1899, Venice is seeing some unprecedented natural disasters.  The waters around Venice are heating up and now sharks are prowling the lagoon.  And children are dying from a mysterious plague.  When Teo and her parents travel to Venice to help, Teo meets a young Venetian boy and the two of them set out to try to solve the mystery of why Venice seems to be under attack.  They get help from a tattooed cat, mermaids, and other magical creatures.  Just what is Teo’s connection to all of this?

SUBJECTS:     Orphans -- Fiction.
                        Mermaids -- Fiction.
                        Good and evil -- Fiction.
                        Prophecies -- Fiction.
                        Venice (Italy) -- History -- 1866- -- Fiction.
                        Italy -- History -- 1870-1914 -- Fiction.
                        Fantasy.

 
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