Flash promo (ep. 12): Paolo Mazzucato

Introducing ‘AJ and the Incredible Fish’, the new novel of the author of ‘The absolute true story of la Befana’.

CAN YOU GIVE US A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF YOUR BOOK?

Eleven-year-old AJ doesn’t care much  for impossible stories and fancy dreams. He lives in the “real” world, where adventure is limited to schoolroom pranks, and hopes get trampled by broken promises.  So, spending the weekend on a ratty, old, Maui fishing boat, listening to his eccentric Grandpa’s wild fish tales, is not AJ’s idea of a fun time.
But AJ will have to rethink his notion of what’s “real” when Grandpa casts off with him and his peculiar friend Livvy onboard, embarking on a quest to capture a mythical, giant fish that’s waiting for them somewhere out beyond where ordinary things happen.
Into the eye of a storm and across the high seas, through a prison break  and chase through the desert, beyond the grasp of quagmires and sea queens… they journey, pursued by doubt and a shadowy, peg-legged pirate intent on keeping them from their prize. And through the perilous adventure, AJ and Livvy come to realise that the only real danger in life comes from never leaving the shore.

WHAT ARE YOUR BOOK USPs?

AJ and the Incredible Fish” is both a fun adventure for young readers, and a deeper exploration of how taking a chance and believing in something incredible can be the key to a life well lived.

CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF?

Paolo Mazzucato is an American fiction author and screenwriter. He began his writing career as a Chicago playwright and award-winning student filmmaker before moving to Los Angeles where he won awards for screenwriting and scripted various projects for film and television. He is also the author of several children’s books including “No One Mocks a Panda” (an Amazon #1 Best Seller, Feb. 2019), and “The absolutely true story of La Befana” (an Amazon holiday Top 100 title). He is also the author of the fantasy/adventure novel, “The Gondoliers: The Secret Journals of Fanticulous Glim,” a “recommended” read by the US Review of Books.

Mazzucato new book will be launched in September at the Orange County 
Children’s Book Festival in Costa Mesa, California.

Find out more about the author on his website, and follow him on his social media (Facebook, X and Instagram).