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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2011 | Grades 5-up
Gr 8 Up—Though he is now an old man of 81, Gabriele clearly remembers four years of his life, when he joined his "brother" Michelangelo in the city of Florence. Though not related, Gabriele and Angelo had grown up as brothers in Gabriele's stone-cutting family, before Michelangelo left for school and eventually made his name as an artist and sculptor. When 18-year-old Gabriele travels to the big city, he finds life very different from the little town of his...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
An imagined explanation of Michelangelo's construction of the David statue is woven here through the eyes of Gabriele, the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
