My friend Carlos Acutis

Esther is a girl who has a special assignment for a school subject: to choose a book and read it during the holidays. This is how this story begins, in which Marco Pappalardo portrays the figure of Carlo Acutis – beatified in 2020 and now close to canonization – in a particularly original way, aimed at pre-teens. What would happen if a girl today met the young Italian on the Internet? An unexpected meeting turns into a virtual friendship between teenagers who live this complex period of life and talk about what really matters to them: dreams, love, study, the future, God, networks. Some pages will help readers to get involved in the first person and to stop and ask themselves questions at an age full of uncertainties, opportunities and desires. The author says in the Prologue: “Who knows, while reading, everyone could suddenly discover themselves, with Carlo, as the protagonist of this story…”

MARCO PAPPALARDO

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