Aldabra, Or, The Tortoise Who Loved Shakespeare

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.

Related: Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Italy

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