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Author

Gandolfi, Silvana.

Uniform Title Aldabra, la tartaruga che amava Shakespeare. English

Title Aldabra, or, The tortoise who loved Shakespeare / by Silvana Gandolfi ; translated by Lynne Sharon Schwartz.

Imprint

New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, c2004.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
PCMS Fantasy	F GANDOLFI	---	Available
PCMS Fantasy	F GANDOLFI	---	Available

Edition	1st American ed.
Description	151 p. ; 21 cm.
Note	Translation of: Aldabra, la tartaruga che amava Shakespeare.
Indexed In:	ALA Booklist
	Bulletin(Center for Children's Books)
	Horn Book
	Kirkus Reviews
Summary	In Venice, Italy, ten-year-old Elisa finds she must deal with all the unexpected consequences of her beloved eccentric grandmother's transformation into a giant Aldabra tortoise, native to a small group of coral islands in the Seychelles.
Audience	5.4 Perma-Bound Books.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR 5.4 5.0 PCMS
Subject	Magic -- Fiction.
	Human-animal relationship -- Fiction.
	Turtles -- Fiction.
	Aldabra tortoise -- Fiction.
	Mother-daughter relationship -- Fiction.
	Grandmothers -- Fiction.
	Italy -- Fiction.
	Venice (Italy) -- Fiction.
ISBN	0439497418 : $17.67