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The girl of glass / Holly Webb.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781408327685 (paperback)
Classification	JF WEBB
Personal Name	Webb, Holly
Title	The girl of glass / Holly Webb.
Production & Copyright Details	London : Orchard, 2017.
Production & Copyright Details	©2017.
Physical Description	233 pages ; 20 cm.
Content type	text
Series	A magical Venice story 04
Note	Includes an excerpt from Holly Webb's "The water horse" the first book in the Magical Venice series.
Summary Note	Mariana lives with her family on the Venetian island of Murano - famed for its artists who create masterpieces from glass. But when Mariana's little sister, Eliza, dies their father decides to use his glassmaking skill - and a dash of magic - to create a girl of glass in Eliza's image. The remarkable glass doll, who sings, dances and talks, draws attention wherever she goes, and soon Mariana is famous for having the magical glass sister. But as the glass girl takes on more and more of Eliza's personality, Mariana begins to suspect that there is more than just magic at play. Could the girl of glass be her sister's ghost made real?
Target audience note	9+.
Subject - Topical Term	Glass sculpture -- Juvenile fiction
	Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction
	Families -- Juvenile fiction
	Sisters -- Death -- Juvenile fiction
	Magic -- Juvenile fiction
	Children's stories
Subject - Geographic Name	Venice (Italy) -- Juvenile fiction
Subject - Fiction Genre	UK & IRL fantasy fiction
Subject - Genre	Fantasy fiction