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Leaving behind a safe existence for the promises of a lush Burmese kingdom, sixteenth century Jewish jewel trader Abraham learns that he is expected to participate in a native sexual ritual in order for his business to succeed, a requirement that tests his moral beliefs.

Hardcover:

9780061252709 | William Morrow & Co, January 1, 2008, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Leaving behind a safe existence for the promises of a lush Burmese kingdom, sixteenth century Jewish jewel trader Abraham learns that he is expected to participate in a native sexual ritual in order for his business to succeed, a requirement that tests his moral beliefs.

Paperback:

9780061252716 | Reprint edition (Perennial, January 1, 2009), cover price $13.99 | About this edition: In the autumn of 1598, Abraham, a melancholy young Jewish gem merchant, seeks his fortune far from the imprisoning ghetto walls of Venice.

Miscellaneous:

9780061864926 | Harpercollins, October 13, 2009, cover price $9.99

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Product Description: In 1592, Donata is a noble girl living in a palazzo on the Grand Canal. Girls of her class receive no education and rarely leave the palazzo. In a noble family, only one daughter and one son will be allowed to marry; Donata, like all younger daughters, will be sent to a convent...read more

Hardcover:

9780744590593 | Gardners Books, April 7, 2003, cover price $17.75 | About this edition: It is 1592 in Venice and Donata Mocenigo, younger daughter to one of the city's great noble families, leads a life full of wealth and privilege.
9780385327800 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, March 1, 2002, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Frustrated with the restrictions her gender imposes on her life, fourteen-year-old Donata, disguised as a boy, sneaks out of her noble family's house to roam the streets of late sixteenth-century Venice and then must confront the repercussions of her actions.
9789990087543 | Random House Childrens Books, March 1, 2002, cover price $0.02

Paperback:

9781406302639 | New edition (Gardners Books, August 7, 2006), cover price $10.45 | About this edition: In Venice, 1592, Donata Mocenigo, younger daughter of one of the city's great noble families, leads a life of wealth and privilege.
9780744590807 | New edition (Gardners Books, June 7, 2004), cover price $10.60 | About this edition: It is 1592 in Venice and Donata Mocenigo, younger daughter to one of the city's great noble families, leads a life full of wealth and privilege.
9780440229285 | Reprint edition (Laurel Leaf, December 1, 2003), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Frustrated with the restrictions her gender imposes on her life, fourteen-year-old Donata, disguised as a boy, sneaks out of her noble family's house to roam the streets of late sixteenth-century Venice.

Miscellaneous:

9780375890079 | Wendy Lamb Books, May 14, 2002, cover price $6.50

Library:

9780385900362 | Delacorte Pr, March 1, 2002, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Frustrated with the restrictions her gender imposes on her life, fourteen-year-old Donata, disguised as a boy, sneaks out of her noble family's house to roam the streets of late sixteenth-century Venice and then must confront the repercussions of her actions.

Reinforced:

9780606286275 | Demco Media, July 1, 2003, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Frustrated with the restrictions her gender imposes on her life, fourteen-year-old Donata, disguised as a boy, sneaks out of her noble family's house to roam the streets of late sixteenth-century Venice.

Prebinding:

9781439521168 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, November 13, 2008), cover price $15.50 | About this edition: In 1592, Donata is a noble girl living in a palazzo on the Grand Canal.
9780613723275 | Turtleback Books, December 1, 2003, cover price $16.60 | About this edition: Frustrated with the restrictions her gender imposes on her life, fourteen-year-old Donata, disguised as a boy, sneaks out of her noble family's house to roam the streets of late sixteenth-century Venice.

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Jessica, the daughter of a wealthy merchant who lives in the Jewish Ghetto, must choose between her family and aristocrat Lorenzo, the man that she loves, when he states that he will only marry her if she converts to Christianity, in an intricately woven tapestry of life in sixteenth-century Venice that is drawn from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

Hardcover:

9780803726673 | Phyllis Fogelman Books, June 1, 2001, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Sixteen-year-old Jessica, who longs to be free of the restrictions of her father and life in the Jewish ghetto of sixteen-century Venice, falls in love with a Christian aristocrat and must make choices which will affect her whole family.

Paperback:

9780330484107 | New edition (Pan Macmillan, January 12, 2001), cover price $9.50 | About this edition: Jessica, the 16-year old daughter of miserly pawnbroker Shylock, feels trapped by the endless rules of the 16th-century Venetian ghetto, until she falls for Lorenzo, a handsome and charming aristocrat.

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