It's the beginning of the 20th century; the age of scientific progress. But for Venice the future looks bleak. A conference of scientists assembles to address the problems, among whose delegates are the parents of twelve-year-old Teodora. Within days of her arrival, she is subsumed into the secret life of Venice: a world in which salty-tongued mermaids run subversive printing presses, ghosts good and bad patrol the streets and librarians turn fluidly into cats. A battle against forces determined to destroy the city once and for all quickly ensues. Only Teo, the undrowned child who survived a tragic accident as a baby, can go 'between the linings' to subvert evil and restore order.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 12+ years.

There are 464 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Hachette Children's Group .

Michelle Lovric - a NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author - divides her time between a flat on the Thames, and Venice. She has published three novels for adults, of which THE REMEDY was longlisted for the ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION. She combines her fiction work with editing, designing and producing literary anthologies including her own translations of Latin and Italian poetry.