These Wicked Devices by Matthew Plampin - Used Earlonne Woods Middle Grade - Ages 10-14

Middle Grade - Ages 10-14

But can she survive the next chapter of her life

and amid the flames and smoke

she’ll finally be able to enjoy life as make-up artist to one of Hollywood’s biggest stars

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These Wicked Devices by Matthew Plampin - Used Earlonne Woods Middle Grade - Ages 10-14THE HOLY CITY IS NO PLACE FOR MERCY Rome, 1650. The streets are teeming as thousands of pilgrims flood in for the Holy Jubilee, but behind the gilded faade of the Vatican, power is unravelling. Donna Olimpia Maidalchini has long kept Pope Innocent X under her thumb, but as loyalties shift, her enemies close in. And her most dangerous opponents may be those she deems too weak to matter. Two destitute nuns arrive, fleeing the ruined city of Castro and