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Falcon In The Glass (2013)

by Susan Fletcher(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1442429909 (ISBN13: 9781442429901)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Margaret K. McElderry Books

review 1: This is a gracefully written story about a glassblower apprentice in the Venetian Republic. Renzo's quest for mastery in his craft is interrupted by the infiltration of a young adolescent girl and a brood of younger children who need food and warmth that he can grant them when he works feverishly in the middle of the night. Because of their uncanny bonding with birds and their vagabond existence, the children are accused of witchcraft and threatened with hanging. Absorbed in learning his craft, Renzo does not catch the scapegoating contagion of the city and his personal bonding with them makes him inclined to help them, but helping them involves sacrifice.
review 2: Enjoyable tale about a young boy whose dream is to become one of the great glassmakers of Murano... more. His chances are slim because his father was killed, his family is in disgrace, but he gets up night after night to practice in the hopes of passing the apprentice test. I liked the descriptions of glass blowing and shaping - even when the result was a bit of glass to toss into the trash. Young Renzo gets tied up with a group of beggar children and has to make some difficult choices about family, his future and what is important. less

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