Stefano Di Via

Pino Gambassi is a child suffering from haemophilia and is animated by an unbridled desire for freedom and boundless courage: he decides to start his adventure in the world and to show everyone that he can live his life like a normal kid.

Set in the imposing Kaiser Academy—a private boarding school that looks like something out of a Gothic novel—*Nightmare School* tells the story of Vittoria’s inexplicable disappearance. A group of friends—Isa, Michi, and Gibbo—join forces to search for her, discovering that the school is far more than a place of learning: it is steeped in legend, a guardian of dangerous secrets, and presided over by an authoritarian headmistress who is the heir to a shadowy alchemist founder…