In Renaissance Florence, thirteen-year-old apprentice Arduino's dreams of being a painter are challenged after he discovers the extreme measures the Maestro Cosimo di Forlç will take in the name of jealousy. Arduino faces a decision that could cost him his only chance to realize his life's dream.
Gr. 5^-7. Set in Renaissance Florence, this short novel, translated from the Spanish, is about a 13-year-old boy who gets to pursue his dream of working as apprentice to a great painter. But the artist's house holds a sinister secret. A Batchelder winner.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
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Molina Llorente, Pilar.
Molina Llorente, Pilar.
Alonso Díaz-Toledo, Juan Ramón, 1951-
Longshaw, Robin.
1994
1993
Working as an artist's apprentice in Renaissance Florence, thirteen-year-old Arduino makes a discovery which may cost him the chance to become a painter.
9780374404321
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994, c1993.