Davide Morosinotto

Greta Grimaldi. The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser

Thriller

True story

Mystery

Who is Kaspar Hauser?

A boy turns up at the gates of Nuremberg one spring morning. He is carrying a letter. He doesn’t speak a word of German but he can say his name: Kaspar Hauser. This is the beginning of one of the most mysterious and intriguing new cases of the last two centuries, a case that captivated Germany and beyond, becoming the subject of thousands of books. Who is Kaspar Hauser? Who kept him prisoner for over ten years and then freed him for no apparent reason? And above all, why did an assassin suddenly come after him?

One of the most intriguing unsolved mysteries of the 19th century told in an intricate, suspenseful thriller.
A main character who is underestimated by everyone, but who can see what others miss.

Publisher: Thienemann Verlag

Target: 12+

Year: 2025

Author

Davide Morosinotto

An author whose books have been translated into 25 languages, in Italy Davide Morosinotto won the Super Andersen Prize in 2017 with Il Rinomato Catalogo Walker&Dawn (The Pocket Watch Gang), Mondadori, and the Strega Children’s Prize 2021 with La Più Grande (The Greatest), Rizzoli, with which he also entered the IBBY Honour List 2021. A finalist at the prestigious Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis and winner of the Penzberger Urmel in Germany, he has also won the Prix des Bouquineurs en Seine and the Grand Prix des Lecteurs du Journal de Mickey in France, the Vlag en Wimpel and the Zilveren Griffel in Holland, the KJV in Flanders, the Protagonista Jove prize in Catalonia and he was nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2022 in the United Kingdom.

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