Michelle Lovric
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A bodice ripper for the Mensa set, The Remedy is a ravishing, meticulously authentic buffet of words and sensations." - Entertainment Weekly
"Labyrinthine, grandly imagined… Lovric details in titillating but fresh, graceful prose…" - Publishers Weekly
Praise for The Floating Book: "An intriguing tale of destructive lusts and mixed-up loves…" - Publishers Weekly
Praise for The Floating Book: "Richly textured…at turns heartwarming and heartbreaking,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's rural Ireland in the second half of the nineteenth century, the age of the Pre-Raphaelites, when Europe burns with a passion for long, flowing locks. So when seven sisters, born into fatherless poverty, grow up with hair cascading down their backs, to their ankles, and beyond, men are not slow to recognize their potential. Soon, they're a singing and dancing septet: Irish jigs kicked out in dusty church halls. But it is not their singing or...
3) Carnevale
Author
Language
English
Description
1782. The 13 year old daughter of a Venetian merchant family is lured naked from her bath by a stray cat and finds herself in the arms of Casanova - the legendary seducer of women. Twenty-five years later Cecilia is in Albania, now a portrait painter of some renown. Enter a young man from England, a troubled poet, looking for adventure at any price - a man who begins his affair with Cecilia.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
In 1899, eleven-year-old Teodora goes with her scientist parents from Naples to Venice, Italy, which is falling victim to a series of violent natural disasters. Once there she is drawn into a web of mysterious adventures involving mermaids, an ancient prophecy, and the possible destruction of the city itself.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
"It is 1900, and the evil traitor, Bajamonte Tiepolo, is back, his baddened magic spreading across the globe. Now Teo and Renzo must save both Venice and London, before it is too late"--