Beginning of the fourteenth century. In a clearing in the woods, at the end of a bloody battle between Guelphs and Ghibellines, a little boy wakes up with a severe headache. He remembers nothing of his life. Before even being able to figure it out, he runs into another boy who, ironically, also lost his memory during the battle. They wear different shirts, so they are enemies! But how did they get there? And above all, who are they? The two argues to establish who is the other’s prisoner, but at the end they become friends and decide to go in search of someone who can help them find their identity and family. It is the beginning of a series of daring adventures that leads them to run into shady adventurers, merchants, hermits, poets, and beautiful ladies, until the surprising final revelation.

Matteo De Benedittis (Reggio Emilia, 1981) graduated in Literature in Bologna in 2004 and the following year he began teaching in high schools. He plays bass and lives in Correggio with his family. With Edizioni San Paolo he has published the children’s novels Dinotrappole (2017) and La cassapanca dei libri selvatici (2019).

SELLING POINTS
• An entertaining story aimed at all children aged 8+
• Also excellent as school reading for references to the historical (all very accurate) and literary Middle Ages.