City of Masks, by Mary Hoffman Book cover type:paperpack Designed for young readers

Designed for young readers

and she longs to indulge in his simple way of life

sleeping where he puts his bundle down for the night

they analyzed the pending collapse of the Soviet Union and foretold the civil war in Yugoslavia and other events that have proved to be among the most searing developments of the past few years

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City of Masks, by Mary Hoffman Book cover type:paperpack Designed for young readersLucien is seriously ill but his life is transformed when an old Italian notebook gives him the power to become a stravagante, a time traveller with access to 16th century Italy. He wakes up in Bellezza (Venice) during carnival time and meets Arianna, a girl his own age who is disguised as a boy in the hope of being selected as one of the Duchessa's mandoliers. Arianna gives Lucien her boy's clothing and he is selected as a mandolier himself, becoming