I'm Not Scared

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Recensione dell'utente - Kristelh - LibraryThing

A novella in length, this story is a fast read. It is written by an Italian author and translated by Jonathan Hunt. The story is set in Acqua Traverse, in Italy. It is in the midst of a very hot ... Leggi recensione completa

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Recensione dell'utente - arubabookwoman - LibraryThing

It is the hottest summer on record, and a group of children in a tiny impoverished hamlet in southern Italy amuse themselves with games and roving the countryside on their bikes, while the adults stay ... Leggi recensione completa

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Recensione dell'utente - Beamis12 - LibraryThing

Set during the heat wave in the summer of 1978, in rural Italy nine year old Michele and his friends pretty much have the countryside to themselves. The parents stay in and try to alleviate the heat ... Leggi recensione completa

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Recensione dell'utente - Elphaba71 - LibraryThing

I picked this book up in Browsers Books & Cafe in Woodbridge, while on holiday there. The shop has a reading group and this was their chosen book for August. I found this a real Heartbreaking and ... Leggi recensione completa

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Recensione dell'utente - Lunarreader - LibraryThing

A powerfull book illustrating the isolation of small communities. These small communities can be a totally different world for the children then for the parents. A little boy is confronted the hard ... Leggi recensione completa

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Recensione dell'utente - gretchenlg - LibraryThing

Transports you to an Italy that you don't see in the guide books. Thoroughly mesmerising--a young boy discovers another young boy of his age who has been kidnapped. How to help? Should he help? Who in his small village is involved? See the Italian language film if you can. Startling and wonderful. Leggi recensione completa

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Recensione dell'utente - Gary10 - LibraryThing

Short, extremely well written novel that starts with seemingly normal family behavior that gets progressively more bizarre. High tension throughout. Leggi recensione completa

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Recensione dell'utente - extrajoker - LibraryThing

first line: "I was just about to overtake Salvatore when I heard my sister scream." Ammaniti really gets inside the heads of the children about whom he writes. In reading this novel, I was reminded of ... Leggi recensione completa

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Recensione dell'utente - briannad84 - LibraryThing

Very good book! I liked the author's style as well as just the title. A bit scary too with quite a tragic ending! Leggi recensione completa

Review: I'm Not Scared

Recensione dell'utente - Pam Saunders - Goodreads

Michelle is torn between his natural compassion and loyalty for his family. Michelle is a young boy living in a tiny, poor hamlet in Italy with just a handful of children to play with when he stumbles ... Leggi recensione completa