Murder in the band

Crime

Wild rock, adoring fans, millions of followers.
But that’s not enough, you still want more and more!

But be careful: if you want too much, you risk encountering… death.

The IVs are a very successful teenage rock band. But, offstage, the personalities of the individuals
clash, causing division in group. Lucky, the singer, is unpopular with the others… but he’s also the
member who’s most successful on social media.
During a concert, Lucky dies. The police begin their investigations but Julie, the bassist, wants to
find out for herself what happened. On social media, the fans accuse the rest of the band, but the
police arrest the manager. Julie isn’t convinced: why would he have done it? She discovers that the
manager and Lucky were in cahoots to simulate a poisoning and throw suspicion on the rest of the
band: Lucky would have thus launched a solo career while maintaining the affection of the fans:
“I’m forced to leave The IVs: they tried to kill me.” But something went wrong: Lucky is really
dead… and maybe another member of The IVs had a hand in it!

  • The backstage setting of a rock band. The atmospheres, the emotions, the energy.
  • An interesting group of characters with characteristics that recall young pop stars.
Publisher: Battello a Vapore
Target: 12+
Year: 2023
Author
Christian Hill

Christian Hill is an author and screenwriter. He has written many children’s stories including Il Ladro dei Ceili (The Sky Thief), Rizzoli, winner of the Cento Children’s Literature Prize in 2019, and Olga, una Storia di Pace in Tempo di Guerra (Olga, A Story of Peace in Wartime), Rizzoli, which entered the Italian IBBY Honour List in 2023. His works have been translated into several languages, some of which he can recognise and some of which he can’t. He loves music, role-playing games and his armchair.

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