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Lola and I
A special friendship, made up of little things: the walks in the park, the big horse chestnut, Mario’s meat balls, the trips to the sea. And then Michelangelo the painter, tobogganing in the mountains, watching spy movies while eating pizza on the sofa… Only at the end of the narration we understand who was really speaking, and who Lola really is. The touching…
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Horace Copeless the Hopeless
Horace’s family has just moved to a new town, so he will have to make new friends. But his new classmates make fun of him because he wears glasses and is very shy. His parents are too busy to really listen to him. And, worst of all, his beloved Grandma has just died. But she also left a very special…
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Birds in the Hair
Sophie spends a lots of time on her own. One day she wakes up because of a loud chirping noise around her. She looks in the mirror: she has hundreds of birds in her hair! The birds chirp louder and louder, she cannot hear her piano, or even her own thoughts anymore. But when she meets a girl with hundreds…
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Youssef’s Dream
In the Country where two children, Youssef and Maryam, live suddenly a war breaks out. Maryam must follow her Mum on a cargo ship and leave her best friend Youssef. After that, Youssef can only draw a caravel on the wall of his home: it is the ship of discoveries, he was told at school, and one day he will…
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Spiky
Spiky lives in a black black wood. He is all covered in spines. He is the most terrifying and evil creature in the forest. One day, though, his spines begin to fall one after the other and soon Spiky finds himself as soft and pink as a marshmallow. What will he do now that he’s not scary anymore? An exhilarating…
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Funfair
There is a secret Funfair that appears at night in some children’s houses. Does it sound like a dream? Actually it is a nightmare. Its carousels are the metaphores of domestic violence: the distressing wait for a fight, peaks of screams and descents into silence. Day-time life, at school, flows normally, but appearances are deceptive. How can you get out…
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The X Family
At the age of 13, after his parents have been put under arrest, Michael starts his new life. Some very special people will join him: Clara and Franco, social workers; Mrs Guerra, an elderly lady; a gay couple, his new foster dads; Zoe, a true friend; his biological parents, who can still give him much. This is his X family, a mathematical variable in…
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