A captivating magical fantasy in a secret watery underworld, The Undrowned Child tells how eleven year old Teodora is swept into the storybook world of invisible children whose task is to save the dying city of Venice. Working alongside the mermaids Teodora’s task is immense for there are very strange and sinister things afoot in the beautiful floating city. Together can they save the city before the water destroys it?
With lyrical writing and an unputdownable plot this is something very special.
A comment from the publisher:
If you like books about mermaids, haunted palaces and ancient secrets, masks and murderers and extremely nasty insects and old bones coming back to life and winged lions, sharks and curry, not to mention wise cats, hot chocolate and dreadful disasters and hidden treasure and spying seagulls and extremely clever children and of course Venice, then you will love, The Undrowned Child.
It's the beginning of the 20th century; the age of scientific progress. But for Venice the future looks bleak. A conference of scientists assembles to address the problems, among whose delegates are the parents of eleven-year-old Teodora. Within days of her arrival, she is subsumed into the secret life of Venice: a world in which salty-tongued mermaids run subversive printing presses, ghosts good and bad patrol the streets and librarians turn fluidly into cats.
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It's the beginning of the 20th century; the age of scientific progress. But for Venice the future looks bleak.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Undrowned Child and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
The Undrowned Child features in the following genres: Debuts of the Month, Recommendations, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 9+ readers
Paperback, Hardback. £8.09, down from the £8.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Undrowned Child was written by Michelle Lovric and published by Orion Publishing Co
The Undrowned Child has 417 pages
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. In Stock.