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Nonna's Book of Mysteries

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In Renaissance Italy, apprenticeships for young women do not exist.  Yet in Florence, fourteen-year-old Emilia Serafini dreams of becoming a painter.  The odds appear stacked against her until she receives a fascinating book, A Manual to the Science of Alchemy.  It once was her grandmother’s and Emilia turns again and again to the Manual for guidance. Infused with the mysticism of alchemy, Nonna’s Book of Mysteries is an exciting portrait of a young woman who defies convention to seek her destiny.

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Nonna’s Book of Mysteries
by Mary A. Osborne
ISBN 978-1-936181-16-2
352 pages, trade paperback
publication date June 2010
$16.95
Available from Baker & Taylor, Ingram, any bookstore or online retailer.

Awards

  • American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Nominee 2011
  • Eric Hoffer First Horizon Winner 2012
  • ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Bronze Winner 2010
  • IBPA Ben Franklin Award Nominee Best New YA Book 2010
  • Paris Book Festival 2010 Grand Prize Winner
  • January Magazine Best Books for Young Adults 2010
  • Best Teen Book San Francisco Book Festival 2010
  • Best Teen Book New England Book Festival 2010
  • Best Teen Book Hollywood Book Festival 2010
To purchase directly from Lake Street Press:  Email lsp@lakestreetpress.com. We are happy to offer discounts to schools and book clubs.  Discounts also available for twenty or more copies.

Also available wholesale from Baker and Taylor and Ingram.

I loved Nonna’s Book of Mysteries! It’s is a wonder of a book—exciting, mysterious, and wise.  I’ll long remember the courageous and determined Emilia who learns about choices and the consequences of choices, about the importance of struggle and perseverance, about loyalty, friendship, and love, amid the splendors of Renaissance Florence.  I can’t wait for another from Mary Osborne.

—Karen Cushman, Newberry Award winner, author of the Midwife’s Apprentice

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