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Aldabra, or, The tortoise who loved Shakespeare /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gandolfi, Silvana
Other Authors: Schwartz, Lynne Sharon
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2004.
Edition:1st American ed.
Subjects:
Grandmothers > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Aldabra tortoise > Fiction.
Turtles > Fiction.
Human-animal relationships > Fiction.
Magic > Fiction.
Venice (Italy) > Fiction.
Italy > Fiction.
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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.
Physical Description:151 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:0439497418
9780439497411
0439497442 (alk. paper)
9780439497442 (alk. paper)