Three meters above the sky

Babi, a model student of 18 years, and Stefano Mancini (Step), who is 19, met and fell in love. First, she did not want a relationship, if not host with Step. In fact, the first time they had spoken was at a party and they can’t stand each other. On this occasion he also knows Babi's boyfriend and he beats him. After days spent skipping school, lying to parents and having fun in dangerous illegal motorbike races, the two will have a beautiful love story, until one becomes dependent on the other. Babi discovers love with Step. At the same time, a relationship between the best friends of the protagonists, Pollo and Pallina, helps Step and Babi’s love, a race and a rave-party, during which the two share a first kiss mark the beginning their love story. The differences between the protagonists are initially a solid glue to their story: the two meet everyday, even if it means sacrificing some lessons. During one of the many days spent with Step, Babi gives the boy all herself in the castle of his dreams, where he leads her “at least three meters above the sky”. Howewer, they began to argue and have ups and downs. The final break comes after the death of Pollo in one of many clandestine races. Step has nothing to do wih the accident, but for Babi this is such a cold shower that she decides not to have anything to do with him because she won’t be able to live with his lifestyle. The book ends with a leap of six months: Pallina cannot forget Pollo and Step cannot forget Babi, but Babi starts dating with his neighbour and Step decided to go on a trip to forget her. Federico Moccia is a very famous Italian writer, whose most common themes are youth and love. In 1992 he wrote his first novel, named “Tre metri sopra il cielo” that in English is “Three meters above the sky”. At first he had serious problems in publishing his story, because none of the most popular houses wanted to help an unknown writer. So he published the novel on his own on November 1992. After that something very strange happened: the young students in Rome started to read the few copies of books, even using photocopies. The book soon had a great success, and for this it was also made into a film. I love this book because it is a book for tenageers and about a beautiful love story. The end of the book is very sad and I cried a little, but in my opinion is a nice book and it is my favourite.