Five Days to Not Say Goodbye

Adventure
Coming of age

In a certain way we were the same, he and I, in the matter of the five days.With just one difference: I didn’t want to say goodbye.

For two years Anis continues to write to her father who died during a climb. She updates him on the changes in her life, tells him about her successes, her battles, her loves.Even if her mother tells her to “move on”. Until one day, when she’s about to delete his number, he replies. Anis goes into overdrive. In her heart she always knew that he was alive.She has to go, find him, take a risk. Grow.

  • A journey full of discoveries, encounters and adventure in search of yourself and your potential. Aimed at all young people who are about to take flight.
  • A book that draws on the powerful energy of relationships and family roots to push children to discover who they are and who they want to become.
  • An extraordinary uphill journey, among the mountains of Piedmont, full of memorable characters: poachers, Indian shepherds, hitchhikers. Will she be able to find her father and herself again?

 

Publisher: Einaudi Ragazzi (Italy)
Target: 12+
Year: 2024
Author
Daniele Nicastro

Daniele Nicastro was born in 1978. He currently lives in a small village in the province of Cuneo, where he writes everything: novels, postcards, messages in bottles and phrases on the walls. He began telling stories as a boy, to his mother, whenever he came home late without warning her. Over time he made a profession out of it. He made his debut with the novel Grande, which won the Legenda Junior Prize and was shortlisted for the Bancarellino Prize 2018. He has consolidated experience in several genres, from adventure novels to funny stories, but always focused on themes related to growing up.

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