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To inherit the immense fortune of the late great-uncle, Hasdrubal must absolutely marry a witch. An absurd condition: today, who believes more in the existence of witches? Not even the Zep family believes in them, where the seventh child has just been born. The Zep are modern and educated. None of them therefore notice certain strange features of little Emilia, the only one in the family with a flaming red crown, which begins to show out of the ordinary characteristics: she floats in the water of the bath, the mirrors do not reflect her image, sherises in flight riding on a broom. Only Hasdrubal, who has become by necessity an expert in the art of recognizing witches, has some suspicion …


Bianca Pitzorno. Graduated in Literature, she has produced many cultural and children\’s television programs, including «L’Albero Azzurro». To date the number of his essays and novels, for children and adults has exceeded fifty. In 1996 the University of Bologna awarded her an honorary degree in Education Sciences; in 2001, Unicef named her Goodwill Ambassador. In 2012 he was among the five finalists for the «Hans Christian Andersen Award»

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