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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
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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...
Author
Series
Olivia books (Ian Falconer) volume 6
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
On a family vacation in Venice, Olivia indulges in gelato, rides in a gondola, and finds the perfect souvenir.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
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Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord." Welcome to the magical world of Venice, Italy, where hidden canals and crumbling rooftops shelter runaways and children with incredible secrets.
5) Inkheart
Author
Series
Inkheart trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 23
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Description
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
In Renaissance Italy, Artemisia Gentileschi endures the subjugation of women that allows her father to take credit for her extraordinary paintings, rape and the ensuing trial, and torture, buoyed by her deceased mother's stories of strong women of the Bible.
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Series
Stravaganza volume 6
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
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Description
When desperately unhappy Laura, who secretly performs self-mutilation, finds her talisman and transports to Fortezza, a parallel world that resembles the Italian Renaissance city-state of Lucca, she faces battles on the field and of the heart.
Author
Series
Stravaganza volume 5
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Formats
Description
Feeling inferior to her talented twin brother, teenaged Isabel is transported to a parallel world that resembles the Italian Renaissance city-state of Ravenna, where she tries to save the city from attack by the fierce Gate people.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
An unscrupulous entrepreneur forces Hector's family to close their business, as he seeks to find a magic pearl. Hector decides to find a way to thwart his plans.
When a greedy entrepreneur searching for a legendary pearl forces Hector's family to close their tourist expedition business in an Italian coastal town, Hector decides to thwart the man's plans and save the sea, his family, and his dream of becoming a deep-sea diver, just like his father....
Author
Series
Step into reading volume level 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Set in a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, Disney and Pixar's original feature film Luca is a coming-of-age story about one young boy experiencing an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. Luca shares these adventures with his newfound best friend, but all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water's surface."--Amazon.
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Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Falsely accused of plotting to overthrow King Claudio, scholarly Mangus the magician, along with his street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, face deadly consequences unless they can track down the real traitor by the stroke of midnight.
13) Midnight magic
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
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Description
Night after night, a ghost appears in the royal castle of Pergamontio, terrifying the princess. Mangus the Magician doesn't believe in ghosts, but still the King charges him with finding this one and freeing his daughter from its torment. If he can't, Mangus will pay with his life. The magician's only hope is his faithful, street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, who must solve the mystery of the ghost using logic and reason -- and a bit of magic of his...
Author
Series
Thea Stilton volume 34
Pub. Date
c2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Join Thea Stilton, a special correspondent for The Rodent's Gazette, as she and the Thea Sisters spend the holidays in Rome.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Renato loves his home in Florence, Italy ... He especially loves the stone lion who seems to smile at him from a pedestal in the piazza. The lion makes him feel safe. But one day his father tells him that their family must leave. Their country is at war, and they will be safer in America. Renato can only think of his lion--who will keep him safe?"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 26
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Thea Sisters are in Venice, Italy, for the Carnival, an annual festival that's famouse for its elaborate masks. But a mysterious thief strikes while they are there. Can the mouselets catch and unmask him before the festival ends? 5 5/16 x 7 5/8.
Thea and her mouse girlfriends go to Venice for Carnival.
17) Scorpia
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Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Description
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.
Author
Series
Ranger in time volume 2
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Ranger is a golden retriever who has been trained as a search-and-rescue dog. In this adventure, he travels to the Colosseum in ancient Rome, where there are gladiator fights and wild animal hunts! Ranger befriends Marcus, a young boy Ranger saves from a runaway lion, and Quintus, a new gladiator who must prove himself in the arena. Can Ranger help Marcus and Quintus escape the brutal world of the Colosseum?