The Wood of the Seven Oaks
Antonella Pandini, Arianna Climaci
Snot & Splash. The Mystery of the Missing Holes
Adventure
What if one day all the holes disappeared from the world? Would doughnuts still be doughnuts? How would doors open without a keyhole? A wild and irreverent adventure, a hymn to the chaos that makes us human.
The residents of Hushitup have a big problem: a mysterious thief is stealing all the city’s holes. Keyholes, doughnuts, birdboxes… nothing is safe anymore. And what’s more, there’s some very strange weather making rubbish fall from the sky, so Hushitup isn’t exactly an ideal place for a holiday. Unfortunately, no one’s thought to warn Snot and Splash, and what should have been a simple stay at Grandma’s house soon turns into a race against time, not only to solve the mystery of the missing holes, but also to save Hushitup, nearby Elsewhere and the whole world! Because I’ll let you in on a secret: even a massive hole was once a tiny pinprick… An unpredictable and unconventional book, in which even the baddest can be good and the words “the end” are never really the end of the story. Order and chaos – which will win?
Publisher:
Salani
Target:
8-10
Year:
2024
Author
Manlio Castagna
A screenwriter, director, writer and film critic, Manlio Castagna has also been involved in the artistic direction of the Giffoni Film Festival for more than 20 years. He made his debut in children’s fiction in 2018 with the bestselling Petrademone trilogy (Mondadori), which has been translated into several languages. Since then, he has explored many different genres: from historical fantasy with La notte delle malombre (The Night of the Malombre) and Draconis Chronicon, to horror with Goodwill and Le Belve (The Beasts), passing through the “story” of cinema with the manual 116 film da vedere prima dei 16 anni (116 Films To See Before You’re 16) and the novel Dedalo & Dharma, up to social noir with Barriera (all for the Mondadori group). La reincarnazione delle sorelle Klun (The Reincarnation of the Klun Sisters) and Prova a non dormire (Try Not to Sleep) are his adult fiction books. In 2022, he made his film debut as a director and screenwriter with “Il viaggio degli eroi”, produced by Rai Cinema and rewarded with record audience numbers on Rai1.
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