Andrea Tullio Canobbio, Alessandro Gatti

The Corsairs. The blackbird sings free – vol. 19

Adventure

A series for adventure-seekers! Small in size, big on adventure!

An original series of adventure books curated by Pierdomenico Baccalario and written by Italy’s bestselling children’s authors. Incredible, epic stories, spanning all of history, and ranging around the world, bringing excitement, suspense and mystery, with a healthy dose of laughter!

In this book… It all happened in one night. They celebrated, they fired their guns, they set the city on fire. And Dad never came back. So, Halima—what can you do, as a girl? Stay quietly at home, waiting for this so-called Arab revolution to end, hoping that everything goes back to the way it was, including your father? Or… Halima? Halima! Where have you gone?

A sophisticated editorial product with exquisite cover artwork, old-style maps, comparative chronological tables and short profiles of the historical figures mentioned.
A return to the tradition of Salgari’s adventure stories for children, in an appealing, contemporary style.

Publisher: Solferino

Target: 8-10

Year: 2020

Author

Andrea Tullio Canobbio

Andrea Tullio Canobbio is a writer of stories for children and young adults, and has taught at university for many years. Recently, he has collaborated with the Multi, the Multimedia Museum of the Italian Language, and the Mundi, Italy’s National Museum of the Italian Language. He’s a passionate explorer of imaginary people and places. His most recent books include Chaos at Summer Camp (Lapis) and Cora in the Straight City (Erickson), co-written with Azzurra D’Agostino.

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Author

Alessandro Gatti

Alessandro Gatti was born in 1975. As a young man, he studied a lot of philosophy but then he thought it was best to start writing novels for children. He is the author of the Klincus Corteccia books (Mondadori), which have just been adapted into a cartoon series. Along with Pierdomenico Baccalario and Lucia Vaccarino, he is also the author of the novels in the Sherlock, Lupin & Io (Sherlock, Lupin & Me) series, Piemme, translated into several languages. For a few years he has also been a comic book writer for Disney.

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