Title: City of Masks
Description: Lucien is very sick with cancer and struggles with his parents' worry every day. But each night, through a magical gift from his father, his mind is transported to an enchanting city, Bellezza, a parallel city to Venice of our world. In Bellezza, Lucien discovers that he is a Stravagante, a rare person able to travel through worlds while sleeping.

Befriended by a local girl and protected by an older Stravagante, Lucien uncovers a plot to murder the city's beloved ruler, the Duchessa. But to save the Duchessa and the city Lucien risks his only chance to return home to family and his real life.
Subjects: Horses, Self-confidence, Dyslexia, Stepfamilies, Adventure and adventurers, Fantasy fiction, Juvenile fiction, Parallel worlds, Space and time, Fiction, Renaissance, Friendship, Time travel, Young Adult Fiction, Adventure stories, Children's fiction, Space and time, fiction, Renaissance, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Italy, fiction, Dyslexia, fiction, Self-confidence, fiction, Fiction, general, Science fiction, Horses, fiction, Time travel, fiction, Youth, fiction, Magic, fiction, Venice (italy), fiction
Places: Italy