Sisters of Glass
by Stephanie Hemphill
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40%
Critic Reviews: 15
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56%
Reader Ratings: 9
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Synopsis
Maria is the younger daughter of an esteemed family on the island of Murano, the traditional home for Venetian glassmakers. Though she longs to be a glassblower herself, glassblowing is not for daughters-that is her brother's work. Maria has only one duty to perform for her family: before her father died, he insisted that she be married into the nobility, even though her older sister, Giovanna, should rightfully have that role. Not only is Giovanna older,... more
About Stephanie Hemphill
- All Critics: 15
- Positive: 7
- Negative: 8
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Diary of a Bookworm | 1 May 2012
Sisters of Glass is a beautifully told, lyrical story based on a small historical fact from 1487.
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Kirkus Reviews | 15 Mar 2012
A fiery, feminist love story young teens, particularly girls, should just devour.
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The Young Folks | 6 Jan 2012
I have yet to mention that this entire novel is written in verse. As someone who always prefers the narrative form over verse, I was bit turned off by it.
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Early Nerd Special | 29 Mar 2012
Unfortunately, this verse-novel suffers from the fact that the format is not the best way to tell the story, and the verse-novel is likely to turn some readers off.
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Rebecca's Book Blog | 27 Mar 2009
Because of the format and the short length (only 150 pages), some of the characters and relationships seemed underdeveloped.
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Reading Everywhere | 27 Feb 2012
Personally, one of my favorite aspects of this book was the chance to learn about the art and history of glassblowing on the island of Murano.
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NYX Book Reviews | 19 Mar 2012
I wanted more emotions, more of the interactions, more of everything.
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Birth of a New Witch | 17 Mar 2012
While I do love books (and authors) that dare to present their stories in non-traditional free verse poetry, this one wasn’t quite in proper free verse, and that was a bit disappointing.
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Paranormal Indulgence
The emotion and images she sketches with her words are dazzling and enrich the story in a way that I don't think would've been quite possible in a conventionally written story.
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TATAL | 27 Apr 2012
Ideal reading for any romantics who like their stories to end happily ever after.
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Jera's Jamboree | 23 Mar 2012
At 160 pages this is the right length for the targeted audience.
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bookchelle | 28 Mar 2012
For me, the characters were hard to relate to. . .I felt like there were pieces of their voices and thoughts that were missing.
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KCLS | 6 Mar 2012
Set on the island of Murano, near Venice, this quick but tightly written novel follows a family of glass makers who have fallen on hard times.
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A Foodie Biliophile in Wanderlust | 3 Dec 2011
The ending was a little TOO neat and happy for my liking, . .
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Journal Sentinel | 19 Apr 2012
Hemphill leans to overwriting in several spots, but overall this is a nice piece of historical fiction about a period rarely covered in juvenile literature.
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