by Donna Jo Napoli · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9781406302639
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«Daughter of Venice» is Donna Jo Napoli's young-adult historical novel, published by Walker Books in paperback (272 pages, in English).
Donata Mocenigo, the youngest daughter of a noble house in the Venice of 1592, grows up amid luxury and comfort, but clashes with the strict ceremonial that governs the lives of girls of her class. To free herself from that confinement, she devises a risky plan to leave the palazzo and get to know Venice on her own.
The work, originally published in 2001, was nominated for the Vermont Golden Dome Book Award. This edition dates from 2006.
The work is intended for young readers and combines historical fiction with the Venetian Renaissance setting.
Donna Jo Napoli is an American linguist and writer of children's and young adult fiction. She is a professor at Swarthmore College teaching linguistics, including its relationship to such subjects as Comparative Literature Studies, music, dance, and theater. She has previously taught at Smith College, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Georgetown University, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and the University of Pennsylvania.
