With spoton flair for infusing history with coolness, napoli details a slice of the life of monna elisabetta, better known as mona lisa. The smile 2008 is one of donna jo napoli s young adult novels. Donna jo napoli was born the youngest of four children in miami, february 28, 1948, to an italianamerican family. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. So she disguises herself as a boy and leads readers on a tour of historical venice an. I found myself predicting throughout the entire book, there was a lot of action and twists. Fourteenyearold donata, a younger daughter of one of venice s wealthiest noble families, has been raised to expect little. Daughter of venice by donna jo napoli pages unbound book. Donna jo napoli moonlights from her job as a professor of linguistics at a pennsylvania college to write books for children and young adults.
There are separate interviews on her writing process, childhood, noam chomsky, and other things. Donna jo napoli is professor of linguistics at swarthmore college, mother of five, grandmother of five, and the author of more than 80 books for children and young adults. The story main revolves around donata, who is the wealthy. Daughter of vencie by donna jo napoli, 9780440229285, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Apr 03, 2014 this was the first time i have read anything by donna jo napoli and, though i had difficulty believing donatas story could have happened, the vivid setting and the family dynamics immersed me in the story enough that i would like to try some of napolis other works. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to. Stones in water isbn 9780146001 pdf epub donna jo napoli. After correcting an eyesight problem left undiagnosed until the age of 10, napoli became an avid reader.
Daughter of venice by donna jo napoli nook book ebook. While the story is fictional, some important historical figures enter the plot. She completed a lot of research prior to writing this story that takes place in venice. Donna jo napoli writes for all ages, from picture books through young adult books. Language matters a guide to everyday questions about language. The author, donna jo napoli, did a tremendous job explaining the setting and characters, making the plot and characters come to life. Donna jo napoli born february 28, 1948 is an american writer of childrens and young adult fiction, as well as a prominent linguist she has worked in syntax, phonetics, phonology, morphology, historical and comparative linguistics, romance studies, structure of japanese, structure of american sign language, poetics, writing for esl students, and mathematical and linguistic analysis of folk. Napoli returns to the locale of stones in water and for the love of venice, this time for a costume drama set in the late 16th. She completed a lot of research prior to writing this story that takes place in venice in the 1500s. Donna jo napoli is a published author of childrens books and young adult books. Daughter of venice by donna jo napoli in chm, djvu, doc download ebook.
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Donna jo napoli is the author of crazy jack, the magic circle, stones in water, and many other books, and is the chairperson of the linguistics department at swarthmore college. Motivate students to read with these suggestions for highinterest series books and related titles. Daughter of venice by donna jo napoli 2002, hardcover. The wager isbn 9780805087819 pdf epub donna jo napoli. Video interviews janurary 20 about three days for battle of the books, here october 2012 about djns fellowship at trinity college dublin in summer 2012, here 31 march 2012 tedx talk on why children need to read about terrible things, here spring 2011 a series, here. Mar 31, 2017 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Donna jo napoli is the author of crazy jack, the magic circle, stones in water, and many other books. Daughter of venice kindle edition by donna jo napoli. Donata, a noble girl, lives in a palazzo on the grand canal in venice in 1592 girls of her class receive no education, and rarely leave the palazzo donata longs to be tutored like her brothers and to see the venice she has seen on the map in her father s study dressed as a boy, donata escapes to see the world before she is shut away in a convent. Daughter of venice by donna jo napoli is a fabulous book for the young adult who loves historical fiction.
In 1592, donata is a noble girl living in a palazzo on the grand. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading daughter of venice. Daughter of venice kindle edition by napoli, donna jo. Her work has been translated into 19 languages and has won many. Donata mocenigo, the fourteenyearold daughter of a noble family with twelve children, lives a sheltered life. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Daughter of venice by donna jo napoli librarything. Daughter of venice ebook written by donna jo napoli. Leonardo da vinci and members of the famous medici family are among the few. Donna jo napoli has published 18 picture books and early readers, a series of 16 chapter books for early elementary school students, 26 middlegrade novels, and 24 youngadult novels. Donna jo napoli primary author only author division. Books by donna jo napoli read pdf treasury of greek. Buy daughter of venice new edition by napoli, donna jo isbn. The story was about a fourteen year old girl, donata, who lives during the 1590s in venice.
Donna jo napoli is an awardwinning childrens author. Bound to her fathers second wife and daughter after xing xings father has passed away. Sep 10, 2015 bound by donna jo napoli in doc, rtf, txt download ebook. For the love of venice by donna jo napoli, paperback barnes. Beauty is a small price to pay for worldly wealth, isnt it. Fourteenyearold donata, a younger daughter of one of venices wealthiest noble families, has been raised to expect little. Awardwinning author donna jo napoli whisks young readers away to glittering renaissance venice in this firstrate historical novel about a young woman who longs to. Daughter of venice is an historical fictionyoung adult novel, published in 2002 by random. Daughter of venice by donna jo napoli pdf free download. Daughter of venice by donna jo napoli 2003, paperback.
In 1592, donata is a noble girl living in a palazzo on the grand canal. She has never been taught to read and write, and she rarely leaves her familys palazzo, except in the company of her mother and sisters. Daughter of venice by donna jo napoli is a wonderful young adult novel set in venice in the 1590s. The first aspect of this book that was impressive was that donna jo napoli is a researcher.
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Girls of her class receive no education and rarely leave the palazzo. Donata mocenigo, daughter to one of the citys noble families, leads a life of wealthy privilege. While her undergraduate major was mathematics and her graduate work was in linguistics, she has a. Daughter of venice by donna jo napoli penguin random house. Donna jo napoli is the author of many distinguished books for young readers, among them the great god pan, daughter of venice, the magic circle, zel, breath, bound, stones in water, the king of mulberry street, and alligator bayou. A 14yearold girl in the late 16th century wants to see venice and receive the same education as her brothers. I have become a fan of donna jo napoli after her book daughter of venice and bound lived up to everything id hoped for. When my daughter eva was ten, she asked me one day why there were so many evil. Daughter of venice by donna jo napoli 7jun2004 paperback on. Daughter of venice author napoli, donna jo formatbinding hardcover book condition used near fine jacket condition near fine quantity available 1 edition first uk editionfirst printing binding hardcover isbn 10 0744590590 isbn 9780744590593 publisher walker books place of publication london this edition first published 2003 keywords. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read daughter of venice. Field honor book given by the pennsylvania library association for hunger sydney taylor book award presented by the association of jewish libraries for storm eureka. Donna jo napoli is currently considered a single author.
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Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Girls of her class receive no education and rarely leave the. Usually, i do not enjoy historical fiction novels, but daughter of venice was an exception the author, donna jo napoli, did a tremendous job explaining the setting and characters, making the plot and characters come to life i found myself predicting throughout the entire book, there was a lot of action and twists. She publishes picture books, easy readers, chapter books, novels, and young adult novels.
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