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One relentlessly hot summer, six children explore the scorched wheat fields that enclose their tiny Italian village. When the gang find a dilapidated farmhouse, nine-year-old Michele Amitrano makes a discovery so momentous that he dare not tell a soul. It is a secret that will force Michele to question everything and everyone around him, and will bring his innocent world toppling down.
An unputdownable thriller, I’m Not Scared has become a contemporary classic in Italian literature, read and celebrated the world over.
About the author
Jonathan Hunt is an Italian translator. He divides his time between Italy and Britain. His translations include Niccolò Ammaniti’s I’m Not Scared, The Crossroads and Steal You Away, Nicolai Lilin’s Siberian Education, Luca Rastello’s I Am the Market and Giorgio Vasta’s Time on My Hands.