Aldabra, or, The tortoise who loved Shakespeare

Description:

In Venice, Italy, ten-year-old Elisa finds she must deal with all the unexpected consequences of her beloved eccentric grandmother's transformation into a giant Aldabra tortoise, native to a small group of coral islands in the Seychelles.

subjects: Magic,  Turtles,  Grandmothers,  Fiction,  Aldabra tortoise,  Mothers and daughters,  Human-animal relationships,  Children's fiction,  Turtles, fiction,  Grandparents, fiction,  Parent and child, fiction,  Human-animal relationships, fiction,  Magic, fiction,  Venice (italy), fiction,  Italy, fiction

Places: Venice (Italy),  Italy