Medici Heist

"Medici Heist is the most fun you'll ever have stealing from the Pope." --Britta Lundin, author of Ship It and Like Other Girls

From Caitlin Schneiderhan, writer on the hit show Stranger Things, comes a clever YA debut featuring a sharp-witted teenage thief who leads a team of skilled misfits on a dangerous and daring heist for fortune, freedom and revenge against a corrupt Pope in Renaissance Italy.

There's nothing 'impossible' in this world. There are only things that very clever people have not done yet.

Welcome to Florence, 1517, a world of intrigue and opulence, murder and betrayal. Seventeen-year-old conwoman Rosa Cellini arrives in the city the same day that the Medici Pope, Leo X, returns to take up the reins of power. This is not a coincidence. The new Pope is extorting a mountain of indulgence money from the people of Florence to bolster his power and standing, and Rosa has a plan to take it back.

To pull off the Renaissance's greatest robbery, she'll recruit a team of specially-chosen, highly-skilled misfits: Sarra the tinkerer, Khalid the fighter, and Giacomo, the irrepressible master of disguise. To top it all off, and to smooth their entrance into the fortress-like Palazzo Medici, Rosa even enlists the reluctant help of the famed artist Michelangelo.

But as the authorities draw closer and the Medici's noose pulls tighter around the land, old secrets resurface and tensions in the group start to flare. What began as a robbery could be the key to saving the city itself--if Rosa and company don't destroy each other first.

"A stunning debut for Caitlin Schneiderhan. Weaving together a cast of loveable rogues, a richly detailed historical setting, and a cinematic thrill ride of a story, Medici Heist knocked us flat. Let's hope this is the first of many epic adventures for Rosa and her crew--because we need more!" --the Duffer Brothers, creators of Netflix's Stranger Things

Author: Caitlin Schneiderhan
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Published: 08/06/2024
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.69w x 1.39d
ISBN: 9781250907189
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2024
Publishers Weekly 05/20/2024
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2024
Booklist 07/01/2024 pg. 78
School Library Journal 08/30/2024 pg. 1

About the Author
Caitlin Schneiderhan, author of Medici Heist, is a genre-loving writer on the hit Netflix show Stranger Things. Originally hailing from Silver Spring, Maryland, Caitlin hatched from a cocoon of Terry Pratchett novels when she was 13. She spent her teenage years scribbling stories during class instead of paying attention (you can't prove she wasn't just taking notes). Eventually, she decided to chase that storytelling bug all the way out to sunny Los Angeles, where she spent a few years scribbling scripts at assistant jobs instead of paying attention (you can't prove she wasn't just taking notes). She has been named one of MovieMaker Magazine's 25 Screenwriters to Watch, and has projects in development with multiple production companies around Hollywood.