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      Tears of the Salamander

      by Peter Dickinson
      Published
      May 2009
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      197
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      Alfredo, a choir boy in 18th-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, and his mysterious Uncle Giorgio spirits him away to their ancestral home below a volcano. There he learns that Uncle Giorgio is the Master of the Mountain; he can control the volcano. He is also an alchemist, able to make gold from the tears of the fiery salamander he captured from the heart of the mountain. Alfredo is his heir, the next Master; and as Alfredo learns the history of his family and its power, he begins to suspect that his uncle is actually a fearsome sorcerer.

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      General Fiction

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      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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      Feb 2005 Wendy Lamb Books ISBN 0440238234
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      Aug 2003 Wendy Lamb Books ISBN 0385730985
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      Feb 2005 Turtleback Books ISBN 1417642882
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      First Edition May 2009 Wendy Lamb Books ISBN 0307547930
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      May 2009 Wendy Lamb Books ISBN B0029732LQ
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