Stravaganza: City of Stars.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Audiobook Review)

Stravaganza: City of Stars (unabr.). 8 cassettes. 12 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2004. ISBN 1-4000-9479-8. $50.

Gr 7 Up--Mary Hoffman's sequel (Bloomsbury, 2003) to Stravaganza: City of Masks (July 2003, p. 72) brings a new character, London schoolgirl Georgia O'Grady, into the complex world of 16th-century Talia. Georgia's "stravagation" between her world and the city of Remora connects her not only with people embroiled in powerful political machinations, but also with an old schoolmate, the former Lucien, who apparently died of cancer in the 21st-century, but now lives as Luciano in Talia. Remora, laid out both …