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This is the story of an instant and unshakable friendship between a cat and a very special child. Tonio suffers from a terrible disease that upsets his mind and his family, already tried by the premature death of his mother. But thanks to Gat, a little tabby rescued from the street, an unexpected path of healing and adaptation begins. A story for children (and not only) about the value of friendship, love for animals and the acceptance of diversity with delicate lyrical tones, inspired by the classic by Sepulveda Story of a seagull and the cat that taught her to fly.


Ignazia Di Liberto was born on an island, from where Italy seems like a distant ‘continent’. Yet her bewitching language, a true irresistible siren, has become the natural bridge to approach and land there. Now she lives on the Po Delta, a kind of island, where you can hesitate between salt, fresh and valley water. No hesitation, however, in choosing to teach in primary school for twenty years, because the kids know that there is no better place than the fragile treasure island.

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