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266 pp.
| HarperTeen
| April, 2010
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-144887-4$16.99
(3)
YA
To accomplish her dream of becoming a doctor in fourteenth-century Bologna, Alessandra Giliani must escape her domineering stepmother, disguise herself as a boy, and survive in a dangerous academic world controlled by men. With careful attention to the details of the time period, Quick weaves a romantic and tragic story of the world's first female anatomist. An author's note helps separate fact from fiction.