Sixteen-year-old Jessica, who longs to be free of the restrictions of her father and life in the Jewish ghetto of sixteen-century Venice, falls in love with a Christian aristocrat and must make choices which will affect her whole family. Inspired by Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice.
- ISBN: 9780803726673
- Author: Pressler, Mirjam
- Published: 2001, Dial
- Themes: 16th century, Christians, Conflict, father and daughter, freedom, Identity, Jews, prejudice, Religion, Renaissance, Venice
- Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Italy, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- No. of pages: 272