The tears of the salamander /
Peter Dickinson.

Description

Main Author

Dickinson, Peter, 1927-

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : Wendy Lamb Books, [2005], c2003.

Subjects

Orphans > Orphans / Juvenile fiction.
Uncles > Uncles / Juvenile fiction.
Singing > Singing / Juvenile fiction.
Salamanders > Salamanders / Juvenile fiction.
Fire > Fire / Juvenile fiction.
Magic > Magic / Juvenile fiction.
Italy > Italy / History > Italy / History / 18th century > Italy / History / 18th century / Juvenile fiction.
Etna, Mount (Italy) > Etna, Mount (Italy) / Juvenile fiction.

Summary

When Alfredo, a twelve-year-old choir boy in eighteenth-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, he goes to live with Uncle Giorgio, who he discovers is a sorcerer in control of the fires of Mt. Etna with sinister plans for his nephew.

Physical Description

197 p. ; 21 cm.

ISBN

0440238234 (trade pbk.) :

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