Tessa Ticcardi e le lancette impazzite

In a world where time is money and which drives us to go faster, Davide Mezzanotte writes an adventure that will help us to dwell on our needs, the importance of listening to one’s own time and embrace the unexpected.
In a city dedicated to punctuality, Tessa Ticcardi, an irreducible ten-and-a-half-year-old latecomer, discovers the existence of a world hidden in the cracks of the walls that will help her understand the value of the unexpected and the importance of living according to her own time.
Tessa Ticcardi is ten and a half years old and always late. Which wouldn’t be a problem, if she didn’t live in Timbrate sul Mento, the most punctual city in Italy, and the mayor weren’t… her mother. It is difficult for Tessa to get along with a woman who considers punctuality a supreme good and live serenely in a city that is so close to her. Things change when Tessa meets a bizarre little being made of gears, big eyes and a pointer instead of the nose. It is a Warden, architect of unforeseen events and delays in time. Thanks to him Tessa discovers that she can modify the time as she pleases. The boring lessons suddenly last very little, while the fun moments with friends seem to last forever.
But Timbrate sul Mento admits neither delays nor unforeseen events and the Warden and those who is hiding him are in danger…