by Janice Shefelman · Random House · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780375858826
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«Anna Maria's Gift» is Janice Shefelman's children's historical fiction novel, published in paperback by Random House in 2011 (112 pages, in English).
After her father's death, Anna Maria arrives in 1715 at the orphanage and music school of the Pietà, in Venice, with her violin as her only keepsake. When another student's envy causes the instrument to end up in a canal, the girl, with the help of Antonio Vivaldi and her new friends, traverses the city to try to recover it.
Part of the A Stepping Stone Book series (History collection), with illustrations by Robert Papp; includes a glossary and historical note.
For early chapter-book readers, especially those who enjoy stories about music, Venice, and the past.
