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City of Secrets

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By Mary Hoffman
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
City of Secrets
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Set in Talia, a parallelworld version of Italy, the Stravaganza series combines Renaissance court intrigue with time travel, subterfuge, romance, and revenge. In this new story arc, we meet Matt, a painfully dyslexic and insecure boy (despite a beautiful and clever girlfriend!). Matt has just discovered that he is a Stravagante someone capable of traveling between two worlds. A leatherbound book transports Matt from our world to Talia, where he meets Luciano. Luciano has killed the head of the powerful di Chimici family in a duel, and has gone into hiding. The di Chimici are on the verge of making a terrifying breakthrough into our world, and it will fall to Matt, Luciano, and the other Stravaganti to stop them....

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92125 words92,125 words
400 pages400 pages
Lexile 830LLexile 830L
Grade 7 to 12Grade 7 to 12
Age 12-17Age 12-17
Published 2008Published 2008

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9781599902029

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