Dickinson, Peter. 1927-

The tears of the salamander / Peter Dickinson. - New York : Wendy Lamb Books, c2003. - 197 p. ; 22 cm.

School Library Journal, August 2003 Booklist starred, May 2003 Pub Weekly, August 2003 Kirkus Starred, July 2003 Horn Book, July 2003 Kliatt Starred, July 2003

When Alfredo, a twelve-year-old choir boy in eighteenth-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, he goes to live with Uncle Giorgio, who he discovers is a sorcerer in control of the fires of Mt. Etna with sinister plans for his nephew.

6.8 5-8 Follett Library Resources

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Magic--Fiction.
Fire--Fiction.
Salamanders--Fiction.
Singing--Fiction.
Uncles--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Historical fiction.


Mount Etna (Italy)--Fiction.
Italy--History--Fiction.

PZ7.D562 / Te 2003

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