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Title	:	The Undrowned Child (The Undrowned Child #1)
Author	:	Michelle Lovric
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 424 pages
Published	:	July 2nd 2009 by Orion Children’s Books
Categories	:	Fantasy. Childrens. Middle Grade. Young Adult. Historical. Historical Fiction. Mythology. Mermaids. Fiction

The Undrowned Child (The Undrowned Child #1)

Michelle Lovric

Hardcover | Pages: 424 pages

Rating: 3.81 | 1030 Users | 138 Reviews

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Teodora has always longed to visit Venice. And at last she has her chance. But strange and sinister things are afoot in the beautiful floating city.

Teo is quickly subsumed into a secret world in which salty-tongued mermaids run subversive printing presses, ghosts good and bad patrol the streets, statues speak, rats read and librarians turn fluidly into cats. And where a book, The Key to the Secret City, leads Teo straight into the heart of the danger that threatens to destroy the city to which she feels she belongs.

An ancient proverb seems to unite Teo with a Venetian boy, Renzo, and with the Traitor who has returned from the dark past to wreak revenge…. But who is the undrowned child destined to save Venice?

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Original Title:	The Undrowned Child
ISBN:	1842557025 (ISBN13: 9781842557020)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Undrowned Child #1
Setting:	Venice(Italy)

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All her life Teodora has wanted to visit Venice, but her adoptive parents have always resisted. Now Venice is sinking faster than ever before and strange things are stirring, and her scientific parents have been called from Naples to attend a convention to figure out the problem and its solution while the Mayor of Venice pretends that nothing is wrong and that children aren't dying. Eleven year old Teo happily explores the ancient city and, when it falls on her head in an old bookshop, acquires

At first glance, this book seemed like it was written for me. Magic, mystery, and mermaids in an alternate Venice of 1899. What could be better? Unfortunately, there was simply too much going on in this book, and at times it was hard to follow the thread. (view spoiler)[Case in point: At one stage Teo ends up in a church (I think?) where Bajamonte Tiepolo or one of his henchmen (I think?) steals the skin of a famous saint called MarcAntonio Bragadin (I think?) in order to hold Tiepolo together

A great combination of fantasy and historical fiction. Set in 1899, the story is about Teodora who visits Venice when the city is facing imminent destruction by a malevolent ghost. It is up to Teodora, a boy called Renzo and a group of mermaids to save Venice. A great read that dragged in parts.

Glorious depiction of a fantastical Venice. I've been there in the floods and felt its dark undercurrents, so this felt true in many ways. Enjoyable read with lots of little details that will fascinate.

Back in March I ran into this book during a children's and YA book sale. I won't lie, this book has the most beautiful cover art of any book I've ever seen, and that would be one hundred percent why I picked it up. Even the end pages were gorgeous!But then I picked it up and read the blurb, it was set in Venice! One of my dream European cities. Ok, so the premise sounded like it had promise too, but really, I might have bought it anyhow.Venice + Pretty book= sold.It's nice to have no real

The Undrowned Child is a book that makes me excited about books about the art of story-telling, about imagination, about the cleverness and beauty of the English language, about great characters and about the ability of a story to transport you someplace else. It was the best kids book I read last year. It is a shame it doesnt seem to be well-known (as far as I can tell, in Australia). Maybe the release of the suquel, The Mourning Emporium, will change that I hope so, because The Undrowned

This was a really great book, I just found it a little slow in the beginning. The main conflict and plot of the story is really suspenseful and practically addicting, though. It is a great read.