One relentlessly hot summer six children explore the scorched wheat fields that enclose their tiny Italian village When the gang find a dilapidated farmhouse nine-year-old Michele Amitrano makes a discovery so momentous that he dare not tell a soul It is a secret that will force Michele to question everything & everyone around him & will bring his innocent world toppling down An unputdownable thriller I'm Not Scared has become a contemporary classic in Italian literature read & celebrated the world over