Mariana lives with her family on the Venetian island of Murano – famed for its artists who create masterpieces from glass. But when Mariana’s little sister, Eliza, dies their father decides to use his glassmaking skill – and a dash of magic – to create a girl of glass in Eliza’s image.The remarkable glass doll, who sings, dances and talks, draws attention wherever she goes, and soon Mariana is famous for having the magical glass sister. But as the glass girl takes on more and more of Eliza’s personality, Mariana begins to suspect that there is more than just magic at play. Could the girl of glass be her sister’s ghost made real?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mariana lives with her family on the Venetian island of Murano – famed for its artists who create masterpieces from glass. But when Mariana’s little sister, Eliza, dies their father decides to use his glassmaking skill – and a dash of magic – to create a girl of glass in Eliza’s image.The remarkable glass doll, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2660,"template":"","book_tag":[27],"age_group":[19],"book_type":[1044],"book_author":[389],"class_list":["post-8016","our-books","type-our-books","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","book_tag-fantasy-books","age_group-books-for-7-year-olds","book_type-paid","book_author-holly-webb"],"yoast_title":"Magical Venice \u2013 The Girl of Glass | Age 7+ | Little Reads","yoast_metadesc":"Mariana lives with her family on the Venetian island of Murano \u2013 famed for its artists who create masterpieces from glass. Age 7+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.","acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n