Set in Talia, a parallel-world version of Italy, the Stravaganza series combines Renaissance court intrigue with time travel, subterfuge, romance, and revenge. In this new story arc, we meet Matt, a painfully dyslexic and insecure boy (despite a beautiful and clever girlfriend!). Matt has just discovered that he is a Stravagante – someone capable of traveling between two worlds. A leather-bound book transports Matt from our world to Talia, where he meets Luciano. Luciano has killed the head of the powerful di Chimici family in a duel, and has gone into hiding. The di Chimici are on the verge of making a terrifying breakthrough into our world, and it will fall to Matt, Luciano, and the other Stravaganti to stop them.
- ISBN: 9781599902029
- Author: Hoffman, Mary
- Published: 2008, Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
- Themes: Adventures, Renaissance, Revenge, romance, Self confidence, Time travel
- Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, Italy, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- No. of pages: 300