num_pages: 304
description: In the third installment of the Century Quartet Italian author P. D. Baccalario continues the mystery that will take four cities and four extraordinary kids to solve.PARIS JUNE 20When new information turns up about the Star of Stone the object they found in New York Mistral Elettra Harvey and Sheng meet again in Paris. Harvey brings the stone to show to his dad's archaeologist friend. And it turns out that the friend knows much more about the kids' quest than they could have imagined. She gives them a clock that once belonged to Napolon and she tells them that if they can figure out how it works it will lead them to another object of power. The clock sends the kids all over Paris through old churches and forgotten museum exhibits in search of an artifact linked to the Egyptian goddess Isis. But a woman with a penchant for venomous snakes and carnivorous plantsand her vast network of spiesis watching their every move. . . .Fans of Blue Balliet Trenton Lee Stewart and Michael Scott will be drawn to this Da Vinci Code -like adventure for kids.
language: English
title: City of Wind
publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers