Pierdomenico Baccalario

The Way of the Warrior

Adventure

Coming of age

The adventure of a boy who fights for his destiny

According to tradition, the king of the Zulus must sacrifice the firstborn of his twin sons. But the nurse entrusted with the task of killing the boy decides to hand him over to Babashana, a warrior who has wandered the immense space of Africa since his tribe and family were destroyed. After years of living in hiding, the boy returns to claim the throne that is rightfully his.

A timeless coming of age story capable of inspiring today’s young readers.
The novel with which Pierdomenico – aged 24 – won the Battello a Vapore prize.

Publisher: Rizzoli

Target: 10+

Year: 2023

Author

Pierdomenico Baccalario

Pierdomenico Baccalario has been writing children’s novels since 1997, when he won the Il Battello a Vapore literary prize with La strada del Guerriero (The Way of the Warrior) using his neighbour’s name. Since then, his bestsellers have been written under as many pseudonyms (the best known being Ulysses Moore and Irene Adler), translated into more than thirty languages and published with major Italian and foreign publishers. He has collaborated with Lucca Comics & Games for more than twenty years, has written for Repubblica, and is a columnist for the newspaper Corriere della Sera’s La Lettura literary supplement. In 2014, he founded the Book on a Tree creative agency in London.

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