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Marti There is an initiation ceremony to be accepted by the group. The Cobra, the undisputed leader of a gang of minors, has been clear and Elia cannot hold back. He has to jump on the balcony of an elderly woman who lives alone at night and terrify her to the point that the next morning the police will find her body at the foot of the bed, lifeless. The police and the press focus their attention on the pack of boys and girls who have been carrying out urban guerilla raids for some time, insulting, frightening and attacking people. Elia’s father does not suspect in the slightest that his son is part of the gang. To open his eyes to the inner contrasts that the boy is experiencing, it is a somewhat elderly professor who tries to understand what Elia is going through: on the one hand, the desire to be accepted by the group of peers, and on the other hand the fear and anguish for the death of the elderly woman for which he feels responsible. But Elia is not alone and, in the difficulty of that moment, he finds in his love for Futura an anchor to cling to and in his friendship with the “baka” a shoulder to share a secret that is difficult to keep.

• Sara Magnoli returns to investigate the world of youth and adolescence in its darkest and most disturbing aspects. And once again, she does so with an overwhelmingly paced and exciting story.


She lives in the Varese province. She is a journalist graduated in Foreign Languages and Literature from Università degli Studi of Milan. Her books for children and adults have been awarded many times. She has always had a passion for writing and noir and thriller stories. She is married and has two children and two cats.

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