Stravaganza: City of Stars
By: Mary Hoffman
Oxford, Italy?
Mary Hoffman is a best selling British writer who is famous for her Stravaganza series. The books are extreamly popular in the United Kingdom. Hoffman, obsessed with the city of Oxford and Italy, sets most of her stories in one or most of these location(s). Stravaganza is no exception. The characters go to school in London but travel back in time to medevil Italy.
Dreaming of a city with flying horses, then this book is perfect for you.
Georgia would love nothing more than to ride horses every day and avoid her annoying stepbrother at all costs. But she could never have guessed that a tiny, antique winged horse figurine would be the key to her escape to another world and another time. When Georgia arrives in a sixteenth-century city called Remora, she is plunged into a dangerous and treacherous world of horse-racing, family honour and deadly rivalry. And there, as a new Stravagante, Georgia will have a dramatic and extraordinary role to play...
Other Books In This Series:
Stravaganza:
City of Masks
City of Stars
City of Flowers
City of Secrets
City of Ships
City of Swords