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  Contents

  Cover

  Meet the Thea Sisters

  Hello, I’m Thea!

  Title Page

  A Message Cut Short

  Here’s How It All Began …

  More Than Friends!

  A Special Rodent

  Little Sister

  Computers and Cell Phones

  The Road to Machu Picchu

  Clouds and Condors

  Professor Sagefur

  Hot Cheese Soup

  A Courageous Rodent

  Toward Huayna Picchu

  Suspended in Thin Air!

  Ca-Caaaaaawww!

  Heeelllpppp!

  A Strange Condor

  An Unexpected Encounter

  Dad!

  The Suspicious Plans of a Suspicious Character

  The Door of the Sun

  A Door … Without a Lock?

  Inside the Secret City

  The Simplest Ideas …

  The Sign of the Jaguar

  Trapped!

  Down the Chute

  The Secret Door

  Ouchie! Ouch! Triple Ouch!

  In the Treasure Room

  A Little Spin …

  A New Thea Sister!

  A Gift for Maria

  Maps

  More Fabumouse Adventures

  Copyright

  Copyright

  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the copyright holder. For information regarding permission, please contact: Atlantyca S.p.A., Via Leopardi 8, 20123 Milan, Italy; e-mail [email protected], www.atlantyca.com.

  eISBN 978-0-545-39382-9

  Copyright © 2006 by Edizioni Piemme S.p.A., Via Tiziano 32, 20145 Milan, Italy.

  International Rights © Atlantyca S.p.A.

  English translation © 2010 by Atlantyca S.p.A.

  GERONIMO STILTON and THEA STILTON names, characters, and related indicia are copyright, trademark, and exclusive license of Atlantyca S.p.A. All rights reserved. The moral right of the author has been asserted.

  Based on an original idea by Elisabetta Dami.

  www.geronimostilton.com

  Published by Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. SCHOLASTIC and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc.

  Stilton is the name of a famous English cheese. It is a registered trademark of the Stilton Cheese Makers’ Association. For more information, go to www.stiltoncheese.com.

  Text by Thea Stilton

  Original title La città segreta

  Cover by Red Whale

  Illustrations by Alessandro Battan, Fabio Bono, Sergio Cabella, Barbara Di Muzio, Paolo Ferrante, Marco Meloni, Manuela Razzi, Arianna Rea, Fabio Bonechi, Ketty Formaggio, Daniela Geremia, Donatella Melchionno, and Micaela Tangorra

  Graphics by Laura Zuccotti and Paola Cantoni

  Special thanks to Beth Dunfey

  Translated by Julia Heim

  Interior design by Kay Petronio

  First printing, June 2010

 

 

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