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Stravaganza city of secrets

17-year-old Nick discovers that he has the power to travel between his home in contemporary London and 16th-century Talia, a country in which some magic and sorcery is possible. In his own time, Nick struggles with dyslexia and is insecure about his relationship with popular, beautiful Ayesha. In Ta...

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Main Author: Hoffman, Mary, 1945-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: NY: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010.
Subjects:
Ebbs Family tribute.
Space and time > Young adult fiction.
Renaissance > Italy > Young adult fiction.
Adventure and adventurers > Young adult fiction.
Fantasy fiction > Young adult.
Action and adventure fiction > Young adult.
Summary: 17-year-old Nick discovers that he has the power to travel between his home in contemporary London and 16th-century Talia, a country in which some magic and sorcery is possible. In his own time, Nick struggles with dyslexia and is insecure about his relationship with popular, beautiful Ayesha. In Talia, he reads effortlessly and is apprenticed to a printmaker in the city-state of Padavia, where he befriends Luciano, a teenager from his own time. Together, the two young men and Luciano's betrothed must find a way to stop a plot by the powerful de Chimici family to take over Talia.
Physical Description: 382 pages
ISBN: 9781599904511
1599904519
Author Notes: Children's author and reviewer Mary Hoffman was born in 1945. She attended Newnham College to study English literature and University College London to study linguistics. She started writing in 1970 and has written about eighty children's books including the picture book Amazing Grace, the Stravaganza series, and the anti-war anthology Lines in the Sand. She is also the editor of the children's book review magazine Armadillo, which comes out four times a year.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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