Secrets in Translation
In this celebration of Italian life and culture, seventeen-year-old Alessandra returns for the summer to Italy, where she grew up. Pressured by her parents into babysitting a rebellious twelve year old-ruining holiday plans with newfound American friends-Alessandra resigns herself to a tedious summer in Positano. Her babysitting gig, however, turns out to be anything but boring! Not only does Alessandra fall for the handsome son of the Bertolucci family, renowned for their limoncello production, but when a body mysteriously turns up on the beach, the influence of organized crime in Positano become frighteningly real. As Alessandra is drawn fu…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-947548-44-2
- EAN: 9781947548442
- Produktnummer: 29153124
- Verlag: Fitzroy Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 244 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D1.8 cm 476 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 476
Über den Autor
Author of twenty-eight traditionally-published books, Margo Sorenson spent the first seven years of her life in Spain and Italy, devouring books and Italian food. A former middle and high school teacher, Margo has won national recognition and awards for her books, including ALA Quick Pick Nominations, recommendations from Multicultural Review, and being named a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award in YA Fiction. Awards/Honors for Published Books: Catholic Press Award 2006: Ambrose and the Princess Finalist: Minnesota Book Award in Young Adult Fiction 2003: Funny Man Kerlan Children's Literature Research Collection, University of Minnesota: invitation to archive all working papers and manuscripts for published and all forthcoming novels. 1996 American Library Association /Young Adult Services Library Association Nomination: Quick Pick List for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2003: Funny Man American Library Association /Young Adult Services Library Association Nomination: Quick Pick List for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 1999: Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez American Library Association /Young Adult Services Library Association Nomination: Quick Pick List for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 1997: Don't Bug Me National Interagency Fire Center: Wildland Fire Recommended: Firewatch State of CA Dept. of Ed. Resource for Cesar Chavez holiday: Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez Multicultural Review Recommendations: Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez, Danger Marches to the Palace: Queen Liliu'okalani, Funny Man, Clubhouse Threat, Shatter with Words:Langston Hughes Langston Hughes Society and the University of Kansas Recommendation: Shatter with Words: Langston Hughes Weatherwise Magazine Recommendation: Hurricane University of Minnesota, College of Education, Books for Young Readers Recommendation: Hurricane, Tsunami, Danger Marches to the Palace: Queen Lili'uokalani United States Golf Association Recommendation: Clubhouse Threat Drake University Institute of Character Development Recommendation: Shatter with Words: Langston Hughes
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