Down the Mine
Igor De Amicis, Paola Luciani
In the Houses of the Dead There Are No Stairs
Adventure
Magical realism
Mystery
Houses always resemble the people who live inside them.
Since the accident in which Dodo’s grandmother’s house caught fire, things have never been the same. No one wants to talk about what happened or what Dodo saw, and her grandmother is now like a stranger to her. So, when the whole family gets together in that half-burnt house to make an important decision, the house rebels and starts swallowing up her loved ones, making them disappear, one after another… Only by making peace with the past, and accepting the present, will Dodo know how to protect herself and her loved ones from a worse fate: oblivion.
- Intense and surprising writing, a moving family story — all seen through the eyes of a young girl.
- Adventure, thrills, magical realism, and unforgettable characters. A Monster Calls meets Coraline.
Publisher:
Mondadori
Target:
12+
Year:
2024
Author
Lucia Perrucci
Lucia Perrucci grew up in Puglia, on an isolated country road, surrounded by olive trees, cats and film rolls. She was convinced she owned a velociraptor, so much so that her father gave her her first camera to prove it. Always in love with stories, she studied Literature in Bologna and Cinema at the Giffoni Film Festival. She's a creative writing instructor and contributes to magazines and anthologies. Today, she writes and teaches at a middle school, where she absolutely adores her students and always dedicates her stories to them. In 2022, she debuted with Mondadori with La prodigiosa macchina cattura anime di Cassandra Apollinaire, which will also be published soon in France. Nelle case dei morti non ci sono scale (2024) is her second novel for young adults. This autumn, the fourth novel in The Hidden Society series, co-written with the Archer sisters for Castoro Off, will be released.
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