The Undrowned Child

by Michelle Lovric

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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 twelve-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. A battle against forces determined to destroy the city once and for all quickly ensues. Only Teo, the undrowned child who survived a tragic accident as a baby, can go 'between the linings' to subvert evil and restore order.
  • ISBN10 1444000047
  • ISBN13 9781444000047
  • Publish Date 4 February 2010 (first published 2 July 2009)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Hachette Children's Group
  • Imprint Orion Children's Books
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 368
  • Language English