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Edoardo is sixteen years old. He’s charismatic, handsome, athletic, and… he can’t feel pain. A superhero, as he calls himself. A delicate boy, as his parents call him. The reason why is the extremely rare disorder CIPA, which involves congenital insensitivity to pain. Edoardo has never hurt himself stubbing his toe on a piece of furniture, or felt the burn of a boiling hot pan in his hand. It sounds strange, but this condition makes Edoardo feel special, chosen. At least until the day he meets Aurora, his ex-girlfriend’s best friend, who punches him right in the face. That’s when, for the time, Edoardo feels. He feels pain, and he’s shaken by it. But he also feels alive. How did that happen? Could he be getting better? And who is this Aurora? Maybe this time Edoardo, the best-looking guy in school, will be the one to chase a girl…


Valentina Torchia was born in Milan in 1983. She works as a medical writer and science journalist.I Can Feel You is her debut story in YA market.

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