by Holly Webb · Orchard Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781408327623
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«The Water Horse» is Holly Webb's children's fantasy novel, published by Orchard Books in paperback (256 pages, in English).
Olivia, the princess of Venice, has magic, but when the city's waters begin to rise she knows that alone is not enough. She then discovers Lucian, a water horse invisible to almost everyone who knows the secrets of the sea. Their friendship grows as they try to save Venice and face those who conspire against the princess.
First installment of the Magical Venice series, made up of four books; each novel shares the Venetian setting and can be read independently.
For readers aged 9 to 12 with a taste for fantasy, magic and mythological animals.
Holly Webb is a British children's writer. She studied Classics at Newnham College at Cambridge University, Byzantine and Medieval Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art, and then worked as an editor until 2005. She lives outside Reading with her husband Jon and her three children, Aisling, Robin and William.
