{"product_id":"franni-and-the-duke-anne-e-johnson-9781620067031","title":"Franni and the Duke","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn May of 1608, the Duke of Mantua will throw the most spectacular wedding extravaganza in history. But it will all be ruined unless twelve-year-old Franni can keep a very big secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Franni and the Duke,\" a middle-grade novel, sets a fictional mystery against a specific historical backdrop. It takes place during rehearsals for Arianna, an opera by the great composer Claudio Monteverdi. When Franni and her older sister Alli run away to Mantua, they both find work in Monteverdi's company. A messenger from the north announces that the next duke of the town of Bergamo is missing, and he may well be in Mantua. Alli notices that Luca, a singer she's in love with, fits the missing Duke's description. Although Franni thinks Luca is a pompous idiot, she promises for Alli's sake to keep Luca's secret safe and protect him from bounty hunters and Bergamo's rival family. She does this with the help of the company's set designer, a worldly wise and world-weary dwarf named Edgardo, who is not exactly what he seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne E. Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 162006703X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620067031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sunbury Press, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.36d","brand":"Anne E. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442442711295,"sku":"9781620067031","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17586bd0-e477-4846-b76e-98f1b081e6ff.jpg?v=1777197444","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/franni-and-the-duke-anne-e-johnson-9781620067031","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}