Gandolfi, Silvana.

Aldabra, or, The tortoise who loved Shakespeare / Tortoise who loved Shakespeare by Silvana Gandolfi ; translated by Lynne Sharon Schwartz. - 1st American ed. - New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2004. - 151 p. ; 22 cm.

In Venice, Italy, ten-year-old Elisa finds she must deal with all the unexpected consequences of her beloved eccentric grandmother's transformation into a giant Aldabra tortoise, native to a small group of coral islands in the Seychelles.

ISBN: 0439497418 0439497442 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2003016858

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Grandmothers--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Aldabra tortoise--Fiction.
Turtles--Fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Fiction.
Magic--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Venice (Italy)--Fiction.
Italy--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.G1466 / Al 2004

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]