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Gr 10 Up—In this unique and gripping spin on the "Snow White" tale, Dolce is a giant and a freak, ridiculed by everyone on Torcello. Her mother is the only person who is kind to her, and Dolce struggles to find her way until she finds peace in mirror making. But when her mother passes away, Dolce leaves Torcello and finds a world full of other "giants." She soon meets and grows to love a nobleman and his daughter, Biancaneve, and quickly b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Napoli's latest fairy-tale revisioning is set amongst the beautiful homes and mysterious waters of fifteenth-century Venice. Dolce grew up on a tiny island believing that she was a monster: larger than everyone else, awkward, and ugly. Her mother's love and her apprenticeship to a mirror-maker were the only solaces in an otherwise lonely world. After Mamma's death, Dolce leaves home and is taken in by Marin and Bianca, a kind father and daughter who introduce h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In this fairy-tale revisioning set in fifteenth-century Venice, Dolce believes that she's an ugly monster. Father and daughter Marin and Bianca i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More