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It was a young adult novel. There was a girl that was being picked on by her older sibling...then she went and got a toy horse (black with wings) and when she fell asleep holding it she was transported to another world. From what I remember the world was divided by the signs of the Zodiac and everyone belonged to one of the groups and there was "neutral ground" of the Sun and the Moon in the plaza. I think everyone spoke Italian in the other world and I think the girl was from England. There was a kindly shopkeeper...and her older sibling broke the horses wings....There was also a crippled child and a foal was born with wings and someone stole it I think. Oh, and the main characters where from the group of the Rams! I think they brought the child back to England to fix his legs too...can anyone help me with this title? Thanks!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I'm fairly certain that it's The City of Stars by Mary Hoffman.

    "Georgia O'Grady is a girl who is frequently picked on by her stepbrother, Russell. Her only escape is to go horse riding. When she falls asleep holding a miniature winged horse figurine, she wakes up in a stable in Talia in the city of Remora (Renaissance Siena), a city divided in twelve sections for each of the signs of the western zodiac. Here, she meets the Montalbani family, which includes the Horsemaster Paolo and his son Cesare. Paolo, like Rodolfo, is a Stravagante and reveals to Georgia (who is mistaken initially for a boy and retains this as a disguise throughout the book, her name is Giorgio) that she has come at a very important time: a horse race known as the Stellata is about to take place.

    The Twelfth of the Ram, which holds ties to the city of Bellezza and is the twelfth of the Montalbanis, has not won the race in twenty-five years. The di Chimici family (antagonists in the first book) intend them to lose again to prove to the new Duchessa of Bellezza, Arianna Rossi (formerly Arianna Gasparini), and her father, Rodolfo, the advantages of joining their alliance by marrying Gaetano di Chimici, the homely but charming third son of the head of the family, Duke Niccolo of Giglia. Gaetano, while willing to submit to his father's ambitions, would rather study and is more concerned about the well-being of his younger brother, Falco, who was crippled in a riding accident.

    Meanwhile, a special horse has been born to the Twelfth of the Ram, one that may actually bring about the luck the twelfth needs to break their losing streak."

  • 4 years ago

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