CROSSING BORDER KIDS - Davide Morosinotto

Book launch with a live reading (Dutch/English), followed by a workshop where children invent their own adventure

How do you turn a key in a matchbox into the start of a grand adventure? And how do you write a story rooted in real history that reads like pure suspense?

On Friday 8 May, writer and journalist Davide Morosinotto will visit Crossing Border Kids to talk about his latest book The Legendary Treasure of Hell Gate. Five children find a key inside a matchbox and soon find themselves on the trail of gold bars lying at the bottom of the East River, in the wreck of the British frigate HMS Hussar, which sank in 1780 while navigating the treacherous Hell Gate passage. A true historical event, the foundation of a gripping adventure.

Davide Morosinotto was born in 1980 in northern Italy and wrote his first short story at seventeen. Since then he has published over thirty children's and young adult books, translated into 25 languages. He has received numerous prizes, including the Strega Ragazzi, the Andersen Prize and the Zilveren Griffel. His books place children at the heart of major historical moments.

This programme is for children aged 9 and up and will take place in English and Dutch, with translator Patty Groeneweg. Free entry for parents and chaperones. Adult supervision required. Maximum one chaperone per child.