Leda and the Ma­gi­cian

1944, Italy is under the nazis. Leda, ten year old girl, has to carry se­cret mes­sages to the par­ti­sans.
One day, how­ever, she is in­ter­cepted by the Ger­mans. The girl man­age to es­cape but the Ger­mans fol­low her. She’s going to drown into the river when she’s saved by a strange old man who lives in a cave: he calls him­self the “wiz­ard”.
Leda sus­pect that the old man is a spy for the Ger­mans and would like to hide the mes­sage, but the wiz­ard dis­cov­ers the let­ter and ...
A breath­tak­ing ad­ven­ture story, with beau­ti­ful il­lus­tra­tions: im­ages that rep­re­sent the typ­i­cal Tus­can land­scape of Mount Ami­ata and the ac­tions of the lit­tle hero­ine.

Er­manno Detti is a jour­nal­ist and a writer for chil­dren. An idea of his works: http://​it.​wikipedia.​org/​wiki/​Ermanno_​Detti

Roberto In­no­centi is a self-taught artist known world­wide for his il­lus­trated books. In 2008 he won the pres­ti­gious Hans Chris­t­ian An­der­sen Award. The New York Times de­fined him one of the great­est il­lus­tra­tors of chil­dren’s books. An idea oh his works: http://​it.​wikipedia.​org/​ wiki/Rober­to_In­no­centi