Christian Antonini is an author of books for both children and adults, with a passion for history, adventure, and fantasy. He grew up surrounded by books, comics, and games. His novel Fuorigioco a Berlino (Giunti) won the Premio Bancarellino in 2017 and the Premio Il Gigante delle Langhe. In 2023, he was included in the Italian IBBY Honour List with La Musica nelle Ossa (Mondadori). He also won Premio Letteratura Ragazzi di Cento for A Letter with Pigtails (Giunti).
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The Berlin Offside
Berlin, summer 1961. Every afternoon, in a small square in Berlin, eight kids gather to play their completely unofficial, and thus monumentally important, football tournament. Leo and his team are about to face their most important challenge: the final match that will decide who controls the square where all the Berlin boys, both from East and from West, usually play football. But…
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A Letter with Pigtails
A tender and thrilling escape across borders, where a little girl becomes a letter — and history rides the rails. 1914: Johanna, the daughter of a railway engineer in Mexico City, must reach her mother in Texas. To keep her safe, her father decides to put a stamp on her and send her in a postal carriage. A long journey…
