The Italian Twins

Description:

Beppina and her twelve-year-old twin brother, Beppo, lived in an old family palace in Florence, Italy. During an Easter Saturday celebration in the piazza, the twins are separated from their nurse, and soon are kidnapped by gypsies. The twins are forced to sing and dance for money until, after many months, they make a daring escape and successfully return home.

subjects: Juvenile fiction,  Twins,  fiction",  Child Kidnapping, fiction,  Gypsies, fiction,  Children,  Geography,  Readers (Secondary)

People: Beppina,  Beppo

Places: Florence,  Italy