City of Swords
by Mary Hoffman
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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.
Emotional problemsAdventure and adventurersSpace and timeFictionRenaissanceSelf-mutilationChildren's fictionSpace and time, fictionRenaissance, fictionItaly, fictionAdventure and adventurers, fictionEmotions, fiction