Igor De Amicis

Criminal Youth

Thriller

A sixteen-year-old boy out to conquer Rome

Ninja is 16. With Secco, and their other friends, he earns a living by robbing tourists in the centre of Rome. But when he goes back to his village, he returns to reality: poverty, a devastated family, and an organised crime gang led by the Scorpion, the district boss. For Ninja there’s only one way to try and move up into the world of easy money and an easy life: joining the Scorpion organisation. And when, one evening, he climbs over the perimeter wall of the boss’s villa and witnesses a murder, there’s no going back.

  • A fast-moving, rapid paced story for teenagers. A TV series on paper.
  • A crime story, in which a boy will be called to make choices that will change his life forever.
Publisher: Piemme
Target: 12+
Year: 2022
Author
Igor De Amicis

Igor De Amicis was born in Rome in 1976. Chief Commissioner of the Penitentiary Police, he shares his passion for writing with his wife Paola Luciani. Together they have written Giù nella miniera (Down the Mine), selected for the Bancarellino Prize 2017 reading project and winner of the Special Children’s Prize at the Parco Majella Prize 2017. Also for Einaudi Ragazzi, they have written Fugees Football Club, Igor Trocchia. A calcio al razzismo (Igor Trocchia. A Kick to Racism), Roberto Mancini nella terra dei fuochi (Roberto Mancini in the Ground of the Fires), L’ultima verità (The Ultimate Truth) and various titles of the Classicini, Grandissimi and Che storia! series. For Il Battello a Vapore, they have published Il mistero delle lettere senza nome (The Mystery of the Nameless Letters). Igor has also published several noir novels for adults, including La settima lapide (Dea Planeta), O’ Regno (Salani) and Gioventù criminale (Criminal Youth), Piemme. Paola has also published several essays and monographs on the world of education. The pair’s books have been translated in several countries (Greece, Spain, Poland, South America, Japan, Germany, etc.)

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