Medici Heist
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- Synopsis
- A sharp-witted teenage thief leads a team of skilled misfits in a dangerous and daring heist for fortune, freedom and revenge against a corrupt Pope in Renaissance Italy in Caitlin Schneiderhan's clever YA debut, Medici Heist. Welcome to Florence, 1517, a world of intrigue and opulence, murder and betrayal. Seventeen-year-old conwoman Rosa Cellini arrives in the city the same day that the Medici Pope, Leo X, returns to take up the reins of power. This is not a coincidence. The new Pope is extorting a mountain of indulgence money from the people of Florence to bolster his power and standing, and Rosa has a plan to take it back.To pull off the Renaissance’s greatest robbery, she’ll recruit a team of specially-chosen, highly-skilled misfits: Sarra the tinkerer, Khalid the fighter, and Giacomo, the irrepressible master of disguise. To top it all off, and to smooth their entrance into the fortress-like Palazzo Medici, Rosa even enlists the reluctant help of the famed artist Michelangelo.But as the authorities draw closer and the Medici’s noose pulls tighter around the land, old secrets resurface and tensions in the group start to flare. What began as a robbery could be the key to saving the city itself—if Rosa and company don’t destroy each other first.
- Copyright:
- 2024
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 432 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781250907196
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781250907189
- Publisher:
- Feiwel & Friends
- Date of Addition:
- 09/04/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Caitlin Schneiderhan
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
- Reading Age:
- 13–18
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.