

Grown Up
Adventure
Coming of age
The mafia through the unaware eyes of a boy that wants to grow up at all costs.
Thirteen-year-old Luca wants to go on holiday with his friends. Instead he’s made to go to a remote village in Sicily. Not even the companionship of his cousins can raise his spirits. Luca gets to know Mario who has a scooter and the latest iPhone and what’s more, he invites him to go to the pub, like a grown-up. He can’t wait to do grown-up things. The summer is saved but behind all that freedom, pool parties and new friends, there lurks a pitiless enemy. Its name is Mafia.
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A story that describes the Mafia through a boy’s eyes.
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Inspired by a true story.
Publisher:
Einaudi Ragazzi (Italy)
Target:
12+
Year:
2017
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