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Summary: Awful, boring book
Review: A terrible book. I love most of Napoli's other books w/ a passion (except "Beast"), but this one is just not even near 'OKAY'. I hated it from beginning to end. Who wants to read about a spoiled, priveleged girl who runs off to see her 'love' that is at least 30-40? (he's going bald, as I remember) And absolutely nothing happened, it seemed like! So she changed religions.... And? Bad for these 7 reasons: 1) Unrealistic (what 12 y.o. is in love w/ a 30 y.o.?)
2) The girl was ANNOYING!!!
3) She was also spoiled
4) No real plot line
5) No depth
6) BORING
7) Not worth reading at ALL!! ~Atalanta
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Summary: Daughter of Veice
Review: By a 9 year old girl.
I really like this book. It is about a girl who lives in a plazza. As a girl she can't go out and see the world so she sneaks out and meets a boy. Se falls in love with him. She knows she can't marry him because they are from different religions and difforent ranks of status in life. I recommend this book to anyone who likes romance and edventure. You may think this book sounds sad but it's notbecause it is just tradtion. I rate this book excellent!
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Summary: okay
Review: Daughter of Venice, overall, was a pretty good book. In the beginning it was so boring. I kept saying to myself, "Who really cares?!" I wanted to stop reading it, but I didn't have time, since I had to write a report on it. As I read on, the book got exciting. I finished the book with so many unanswered questions. Also, I think the author, Donna Jo Napoli, should add much more description to her writing, so you would feel like you were in Donata's position. Overall it was an okay book.
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Summary: A noble girl, out to see the the world before it is too late
Review: Donata is a young noble girl who lives in Venice during the late 1500s. She is fortunate to be rich, but she is locked away from the world outside her palazzo and is not educated. After finding out that she will not marry and will instead be sent to a convent, she comes up with a plan to escape and see the world outside her palazzo, before she is locked away forever. I recommend this book to girls ages 10 and up. Boys may read it too, but they might not enjoy it as much since some seens describe how a girl is feeling as she talks to the man she secrely has a crush on. So if you are looking for a book that is realistic fiction, you will absolutly enjoy, and will educate you on Venice in the 1500s, then this book is for you.
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Summary: The story of a remarkable girl with big dreams
Review: Fourteen-year-old Donata is fortunate to be the daughter of a noble family. However being the daughter of a respective family has its problems for headstrong Donata. She is protected from the outside world and all noble's daughter will not get an education. Being not the oldest daughter, Donata will not marry either, her destiny is to confined in a covent for the rest of her life. But because she has a twin sister Laura, Donata clings onto the hope that her father might find a husband for both of them. When her hopes are dashed, Donata comes up with the plan to see Venice, the Venice outside of her palazzo, before she is shut away forever. Her choice will bring many changes to her family and will alter many people's lives, including her own. This was a wonderful historical fiction book by Donna Jo Napoli seen through the eyes of a remarkable girl with big dreams of the future. I read this book in one sitting and it was way better than I ever dreamed it would be. It illustrates perfectly the hopes and aspirations of a girl who wants to see the outside world---a world she has never known.
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Summary: THE BEST!
Review: I absolutely adored this book! It is a wonderful, exciting story of a girl named Donata who is not allowed outside her household in Venice. She decides to go outside anyway, despite the rules she had always grown up with. Dressed as a boy, she secretly goes outside, meets a Jewish man, and eventually falls in love with him. But she cannot tell anyone, because it is dishonoring her faith (Chritianity), and she would also have to tell her parents what she had been doing, which meant complete disaster. Meanwhile, her twin, Laura, and her are both wanting to get married, but everyone knows that only the oldest girl in the family can get married, and one more if the family is extremely lucky. Unfortunately, they have an older sister, so they are hoping for a match, but not truly expecting one. On top of all this, Donata is forced to keep her love to herself! That is, until something happens that changes everything...
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Summary: One of my favorite books!
Review: I checked a book out by Donna Jo Napoli by this same author-Donna Jo Napoli-called Sirena and I loved it so much that I decided to read this books when I saw it in a local bookstore. This book starts out slow but starts to progress and build up until at the end a ton of action erupts and a great and unexpected ending comes around. The story is about Donata- a 14 year old daughter of a rich Venetian merchant.She grows up secluded in the family's palazzo-away from the real world, education, learning, and everyhting that has to do with men.However, as she is gettin golder her mother is planning to wed away some of her daughters, the rest to be sent away to a convent-one of the brides being the beautiful Donata.Before it is too late and Donata is kept in a house with children forever, she decides to experience the Venice thta her brothers and all men in her family have ever known. Dusguising herself as a boy and having hert twin sister Laara act as her while she is gone, Donata visits the vast city. She even befriends a Jewish man who runs a newspaper-and decides to be an employee and learn to write and read as she earns money.Everyday she goes out to the Jewish ghetto and every night she returns home in time for dinner. However, the story isn't all fun and adventure. Donata's mother thinks that Donata is doing all of the work Laura is doing(Laura is doing her chores and Donata's).So, Donata is to be amrried when Laura deserves it.After taking lessons with her brothers from a private tutor, learning to write at a newspaper, and becoming more educated thna any other girl in her family-Donata hatches a plan-a plan that could destroy her family and have them cast out of Venice.But Donata does it for love of her sister, Laura. I really enjoyed this book and it really used a lot of helpful Italian, showed you Italian history, and told a story that is truly genuine and well thought up and written. I recommend this book to all historical fiction fans. I also reccomend-Dear America, Royal Diaries, Young Royals, all of Donna Jo Napoli's books-especially Sirena and Beast
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Summary: wonderful read!!
Review: I really loved this book, and thought it was written brilliantly by Donna Jo Napoli. You MUST read this book. I'm 15, and think it's a great book for any age!!!
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Summary: O.K. Book (from 13 y.o. bookworm)
Review: I thought this was an O.K. book. It took a LONG time to get going, though. I felt that this book never had a real plot. It got sort of boring. This book is about a girl that really wants adventure,(she's the daughter of a very wealthy family in Venice) so, she sneaks out one day and meets this guy. She's disguised as a boy this whole time. She keeps sneaking out to the 'poor' or normal place in town until her parents catch her. A bunch of other stuff happens too. I thought it was an alright book. Defidentily not on my favorites list, though. I wouldn't want to read it again.
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Summary: Swept away to Venice!
Review: The Daughter of Venice is a story of a girl, Donata, born of a noble family in Venice during the 16th century. She doesn't like the role that women play in her society, and tries to go about finding a future for herself. The beginning of the book is a little slow, but it is appropriate to understand the lifestyle and Donata's family. As the book progresses, Donata begins to come to terms with the noble society, and also discovers the many restrictions on her life. She questions her future, her heritage, and even her religion. I found this book to be very suspenseful and thought-provoking. The basic storyline was not especially original, but the unexpected twists and turns were the work of Napoli's imagination and historical fact. I gave this book four stars only because it was not as emotionally moving as some of Napoli's other works that I have read. Otherwise, I highly recommend it.
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