City of Masks (Blackbirds)
Author(s): Mary Hoffman
Lucien is in bed seriously ill with cancer. So how can he simultaneously exist in full health in a strange city that looks oddly like Venice - and yet couldn't be more different? Lucien has arrived in Bellezza, ruled by the powerful Duchessa, but it is his method of travel that marks Lucien out. Through an innocent gift of a Venetian notebook, Lucien has become a member of the Stravaganti, travellers in time and place. He has entered a world thick with drama, colour, intrigue and danger for which he is ill-prepared.
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"City of Masks" is a poignant, touching and exciting novel, difficult to put down. This is one of the best time-slip stories that I have read in recent years. Without doubt a masterwork of contemporary children's literature." Edgardo Zaghini, Children's Literature Officer, Booktrust "One of the most exciting adventures I've read in years." Wendy Cooling, Best Books for Christmas in the Children's Bookseller
General Fields
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- : 28280
- : 28280
- : 0.416
- : 01 March 2008
- : 198mm X 129mm X 27mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : 352
- : 1
- : Hardback
- : Mary Hoffman
