Thea Stilton and the Secret City
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 foreignrights@atlantyca.it, 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.
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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
Thea Stilton, Thea Stilton and the Secret City
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