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And I Am Here, Naked
Stella doesn’t want to be told who she is – not by her parents, not by her friends, and definitely not by society. She’s sharp, self-aware, and unapologetically herself. Until Jacopo reappears in her life. He’s not just the boy she used to race in primary school — now he’s a reminder of who she was, who she is, and…
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Of Fire and Silk
In the summer of 2024, Lianna arrives in Solferino to visit her mother’s grave, where an encounter with Asé, the mysterious cemetery guardian, opens the door to a second beginning. In the summer of 1858, two siblings, Sante and Altea, and Visio, ‘reborn’ after a near-fatal encounter, experience love and friendship against the backdrop of one of Italy’s bloodiest battles.…
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The Stone
A circle of stones with dark powers, a wind-battered island and a boy looking for answers A haunting and emotionally charged mystery set on a remote Irish island. When a second death shakes the community, thirteen-year-old Liam begins to connect it to his mother’s recent, unexplained accident – and to a strange carved stone buried near both bodies. A bold,…
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The Thread of Hope
Vita, an elderly Sicilian woman, is confined to her home, where she is reflecting on the past and putting her emotions in order, and she decides to leave a testimony to her granddaughter Nina. Through her memories, she tells the story of her youth, the times when she embroidered and fought against exploitation. Inspired by a true story, the novel recounts the great mobilisation of…
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The Legend of “The Only Ones”
Insecure, absent-minded, perfectionist and bully on Earth. Wizard, ranger, thief and warrior on Elmoni. On both planets, four boys from the small village of Candorsola, Davide, Roberto, Amelia and Marco, find themselves clinging to a cumbersome label. Yet they are Unique… the only ones capable of travelling between two parallel dimensions never in contact with each other, the Earth, the…
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Extraordinary Myths
Have you ever used the word “extraordinary”? If so, you may know that it has many nuances: it can mean different, out of the ordinary… but also special, unique. Just like this journey through mythology that unravels the lesser-known pages of classical tradition. By reading this book, you will meet unusual versions of heroines and heroes, women and men, creatures and deities, who…
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Twenty-Four. Timeline
On Friday the 19th of May, at 11.56 a.m. in a secondary school in Bologna, a bomb goes off. It’s the worst terrorist attack in Italy’s history, inflicting an incurable wound on the heart of the city. The consequences are tragic. But… the attack never happened and this story actually begins on Thursday the 18th of May at 11.56 a.m.,…
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TWENTY-FOUR. TimeLoop
On Friday the 19th of May, at 11.56 a.m. in a secondary school in Bologna, a bomb goes off. It’s the worst terrorist attack in Italy’s history, inflicting an incurable wound on the heart of the city. The consequences are tragic. But… the attack never happened and this story actually begins on Thursday the 18th of May at 11.56 a.m.,…
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Tariq
Tariq lives in a tenement, one that has no lighting or water. Tariq performs poorly at school, he’s long been labeled: he’s the disturbing element, the hopeless one. Jasmine also lives in that tenement, but she’s different from all the other girls: Jasmine studies, she believes in herself, under her headscarf there’s a brilliant brain, while patience and determination are in…
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AFK
It’s been years since Giovanni last got out of his room. Day and night, he is shut in his room, his eyes to the monitor, earphones on all the time, a videogame match after another. He weighs 130 kilos and knows that his parents call him “the Problem”. Emilia, his older sister, is not a “problem” at all: she looks and…
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Davì
A tall teenager is crossing the town, he has a green mohican, is wearing black clothes and is carrying a yellow flower… In each chapter the point of view switches from his thoughts (his love for books, his crush for a young girl, his struggle between being totally free and having roots) and the standpoint of the people who see him…
YOUNG ADULT
