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Accepting an ugly crystal figurine from Petunia Pretty Paws, Geronimo Stilton discovers a mysterious message inside the figurine from a Venetian mouse who requires assistance.

Determined that their daughter realize her musical destiny, her poor but devoted parents send her away as a baby to the Venetian "ospedalo," knowing she will be raised as an orphan and will never again be allowed to return home.

Dolce has grown up hidden away on an island in a lagoon. She is a giant, a freak, tormented by everyone but her loving mother. She spends her time learning the valuable secret of making mirrors. Following a tragedy, Dolce swims away and lands on an island where people see her as normal, even beautiful. Marin, a kind widower, and his little daughter bring Dolce to live with them in their grand palazzo. Eventually, Dolce and Marin marry. She secretly...

The fourteen-year-old geniuses of STORM, a secret organization dedicated to eliminating the world's misery through science and technology, travel to Venice to investigate two "ghostly" burglaries and uncover a larger, more sinister plan involving teleportation, quantum computers, and a plot to assassinate the leading figures of international intelligence.

When a new glassblower arrives to help in the family business, the attraction Maria feels for him causes a web of conflicting emotions to grow even more tangled.

"Watch out, Miss Mallard! Miss Mallard is a famous detective who just happens to be a duck! Her latest case takes her to Venice on a wild gondola chase. A museum masterpiece is missing and all signs point to the famous artist El Ducko, who once saved Miss Mallard's life. Will Miss Mallard be able to save her friend? Or is he really the thief?"--

"Returning to the dark and glamorous 19th century world of her New York Times instant bestseller, The Gilded Wolves, Roshani Chokshi dazzles us with the final riveting tale as full of mystery and danger as ever in The Bronzed Beasts. After Séverin's seeming betrayal, the crew is fractured. Armed with only a handful of hints, Enrique, Laila, Hypnos and Zofia must find their way through the snarled, haunted waterways of Venice, Italy to locate Séverin....

"Since he was six years old, Milo has lived on board the Sesquipedalian, or "Quip," a magical train that uses the power of imagination to travel through both stories and the real world. Aboard the Quip, Milo lives and works with his uncle, Horatio, a book smuggler who trades in rare books. When Horatio takes on a dangerous new job, he needs the help of Tilly Pages, a uniquely gifted bookwanderer. But when Tilly's grandfather and Horatio are poisoned...