This is one of the few books that I've read in which the translation does the book justice. Usually, when books are translated, all the wit or puns, or tone is lost, but that's NOT the case in Ring of Fire by Pierdomenico Baccalario. Holy cow, that name is long. Back to the point! The Ring of Fir...
The Ring of Fire is the first book in the Century Kids series. The story is set in Rome, at a small hotel run by a widowed man, his two sisters, and his 12 year old daughter, Electra. When the hotel gets overbooked on New Year's Eve, the reader is introduced to Harvey, the grumpy American 12 ye...