Summer, Stop!

"I love summer because it always supports me. Even if my mood is completely awful, there’s still the sun. Thanks to it, it’s warm—and that alone is already good." A ten-year-old boy, Ugo, who feels the world deeply, spent the whole school year eagerly waiting for the beginning of summer. After all, he will spend it with his grandparents in a magical village cottage by one of Italy’s largest lakes! Instead of modern games, during the holidays Ugo turns off his phone so it won’t interfere with exploring nature, reading books to his special aunt, showing adults little things that make life far more interesting, and learning the school of real friendship. The childlike directness that makes you smile, the charming Italian temperament of the heroes, and endless inspiration drawn from life come together in Diana Martos’s new book—the final installment of the series "Letters to Myself and the World".