Stravaganza: City of Secrets
Author | : Mary Hoffman |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 411 |
Release | : 2011-02-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781599907666 |
ISBN-13 | : 1599907666 |
Rating | : 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The latest installment in the critically acclaimed Stravaganza series begins with Matt, the new Stravagante. Despite having a beautiful and very smart girlfriend, Matt is insecure because he is dyslexic. He discovers that he is capable of traveling between two worlds when a leather-bound book transports him from his home in England to Talia, the parallel-world version of Italy, where he meets a fellow-Stravagante named Luciano-who is hiding from the powerful di Chimici family. Luciano has just killed the head of that family in a duel, and is in grave danger. Banding together, Matt and Luciano must resist the di Chimici family, who are on the verge of making a terrifying breakthrough into our world.