02737cam a2200457 i 4500 1485534443 TxAuBib 20240805120000.0 240319s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023046301 9781250907189 hardcover 1250907187 hardcover TxAuBib rda Schneiderhan, Caitlin, author. Medici heist / Caitlin Schneiderhan. First edition. New York, NY : Feiwel and Friends, 2024. 432 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Welcome to Florence, 1517, a world of intrigue, opulence, secrets, and murder. The Medici family rules the city from their seat of wealth, but the people of Florence remember the few decades they spent as a Republic, free from the Medicis and their puppet Pope, Leo X. Sharp-witted seventeen-year-old con-woman Rosa Cellini has plans for the Pope and the Medicis - and, more specifically, the mountain of indulgence money they've been extorting from the people of Tuscany. Together, Sarra the tinkerer, Khalid the fighter, and Giacomo, the irrepressible master of disguise, pull off the Renaissance's greatest robbery. To top it all off, and to smooth their entrance into the fortress-like Palazzo Medici, Rosa even enlists the reluctant help of famed artist and local misanthrope, Michelangelo. Old secrets resurface and tensions in the gang flare as the authorities draw closer and the Medicis' noose pulls tighter around Tuscany itself. What began as a robbery becomes a bid to save Florence from certain destruction - if Rosa and company don't destroy each other first. Provided by publisher. Ages 13-18. Feiwel and Friends. Grades 10-12. Feiwel and Friends. 20240819. Medici, House of. Catholic Church Corrupt practices Juvenile fiction. Catholic Church Corrupt practices Fiction. Swindlers and swindling Juvenile fiction. Swindlers and swindling Fiction. Theft Juvenile fiction. Papacy History 1447-1565 Juvenile fiction. Papacy History 1447-1565 Fiction. Stealing Fiction. Florence (Italy) History 1421-1737 Juvenile fiction. Florence (Italy) History 1421-1737 Fiction. Italy History 1492-1559 Juvenile fiction. Italy History 1492-1559 Fiction. Historical fiction. BTCLS