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I have read up to about page 117 and I was just sorely disappointed with the revalation with Scipio. I had a hunch from the beginning that Scipio was not really an orphan or a child with an unfortunate life, and I was ready to blog about it, but the secret was revealed before I could blog about it. This has given me mixed feelings about the book. I feel like Scipio is keeping a lot from the other kids and it's unfair to them. He does take very good care of them but now I think of Scipio as some little rich kid that just wants to have some extra fun on the side to defy the rich lifestyle he lives in.

But I completely love the way Cornelia Funke describes Venice and the way she utilizes the city as the children's playplace. I feel like I know Venice now because of all of the description in the book. The descriptive words and terms she uses, such as 'splashing', 'slurping', and 'gurgling' and the sentence "And then there was the gentle whisper of the city." She makes Venice seem like a woman who is watching over the city and the children. She makes things happen for them to help them hide when they need it.

It is so easy for the group to escape from Victor. I do feel so extremely sorry for him because of what Hornet did to him in the square, but I also don't want him to catch the kids either. I am very curious as to what will happen next since Victor now knows where their hideout is. I cannot wait to see what happens next in this story.