Author: MCCULLY, EMILY ARNOLD
Title: The Orphan Singer
Description: New York: Arthur A. Levine Books,2001, 2001. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. Illustrated by McCully, Emily Arnold. Color; 8 3/4 x 11"; Unpaginated pages; Hard cover has a spink spine with black lettering. Very faint rubbing to covers. DJ has slight rubbing, scuffing. Pages are clean and tight; pages not numbered; 32 pages. Beautifully illustrated by the author; a Caldecott Award winner. 'Born into a poor but loving family who can't bear to see her gift for music go to waste, Nina is given up to the care of the famous Pieta orphanage in Venice. There her talent is nurtured under the tutelage of the composer Vivaldi. But one day Nina is faced with her own difficult decision--should she face expulsion for singing to a dying boy whom she feels is family? '. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

Keywords: Orphanages; Italy; Singing; Juvenile Fiction; Children's Literature Venice; Cultural History; Social History; Music; Fiction Cultural History Education European History Geography Music/Opera/Songs Social History