| Passion Blue Contributor(s): Strauss, Victoria (Author) |
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ISBN: 1477847375 ISBN-13: 9781477847374 Publisher: Skyscape OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Renaissance - Young Adult Fiction | Art |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Passion Blue Novel |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.90 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Self-Esteem |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Passion Blue is a Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Books of 2012 When seventeen-year-old Giulia, the orphaned, illegitimate daughter of a Milanese nobleman, learns she's to be packed off to a life behind convent walls, she begs an astrologer-sorcerer for a talisman that will secure what she's certain is her heart's desire: true love and a place where she belongs. But does she really know the compass of her heart? The convent of Santa Marta is full of surprises, including a workshop of nuns who are creating paintings of astonishing beauty using a luminous blue mixed from a secret formula: Passion Blue. As Giulia's own artistic self is awakened she's torn: should she follow the young man who promises to help her escape? Or stay and satisfy her growing desire to paint? This richly imagined novel of a girl's daring journey towards self-discovery transports readers into the fascinating world of Renaissance Italy where love and faith and art inspire passion--of many different hues. |