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"Florence, Italy, 1944: The city is under heavy Nazi occupation, but for thirteen-year-old Paolo, war is a long and boring wait. Too young to fight for the resistance, yet desperate for action and adventure, he sneaks out each night to ride his bicycle along the darkened city streets. For Paolo, the risk is thrilling. But when he is accosted by Partisans--covert members of the anti-Nazi movement--thrilling quickly becomes dangerous as Paolo and his...
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"Paolo the dachshund is trapped. Though he lives in Rome, a city filled with history and adventure, he is confined to a hair salon. Paolo dreams of the sweet life -- la dolce vita -- in the Eternal City. And then, one day, he escapes! Paolo throws himself into the city, finding adventure at every turn. Join our hero as he discovers the wonders of Rome: the ruins, the food, the art, the opera, and -- of course -- the cats. Readers will cheer the daring...
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Secret agent Jack Stalwart volume 8
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118 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
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Can secret agent kid Jack Stalwart save his car-racing hero and the Italian team's chance to win the Monza Grand Prix?
Jack transports to Italy to find out who wants to sabotage race car driver Morgan Parks' chances of winning the Monza Grand Prix.
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Rose volume 3
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A mask of unimaginable power is stolen from the royal palace, perhaps by dark magicians, and the race to stop the thieves takes Rose to the mysterious city of Venice, where nothing is quite what it seems.
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201 pages : illustrations a; 22 cm
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Fourteen-year-old Sarah keeps a journal of her pilgrimage to Rome with her eccentric grandmother, Z, her evolving relationship with best friend Curtis, and daily conversations with Curtis's sister and star athlete, D.J.
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297 pages ; 22 cm
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Thirteen-year-old Christa's plans for her favorite holiday are derailed when her parents announce their divorce and Christa spends Christmas in Europe with her mom, but even though her dad remains in Chicago, he sends Christa on a scavenger hunt made up of dares that send her all over Florence, Paris, and London.
11) Inkheart
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Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
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197 pages ; 21 cm
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When Alfredo, a twelve-year-old choir boy in eighteenth-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, he goes to live with Uncle Giorgio, who he discovers is a sorcerer in control of the fires of Mt. Etna with sinister plans for his nephew.
13) Pippo the Fool
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In fifteenth-century Florence, Italy, a contest is held to design a magnificent dome for the town's cathedral, but when Pippo the Fool claims he will win the contest, everyone laughs at him. Based on a true story.
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Witches of Benevento volume 1
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119 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 18 cm.
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"In an ancient town famous for its witches, the Janara are causing trouble with their nightly mischief, and it is up to the Twins and their friends to find a way to stop them"--
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Witches of Benevento volume 2
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135 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 18 cm.
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Catching a fish in the river and discovering a ring inside of it, Primo decides that the ring is magic and will provide supernatural protection for him and his friends against child-snatching supernatural beings in early 19th-century Benevento.
17) The Thief Lord
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Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt only the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they find protection from a gang of Venetian street children and their leader, the Thief Lord.
18) Scorpia
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After being told that his father was an assassin for a criminal organization, fourteen-year-old Alex goes to Italy to find out more and becomes involved in a plan to kill thousands of English schoolchildren.
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Witches of Benevento volume 6
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133 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 18 cm.
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Primo finds a clue to the identity of the secret Janara, a bottle of the oil that a Janara needs to transform, but what will he do with the knowledge?
20) Romeo and Juliet
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47 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"Romeo and Juliet were never meant to fall in love: their families are at war, and they are forbidden to meet! Yet, the star-crossed lovers cannot bear to be apart and will do whatever it takes to be together"--P. [4] of cover.
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