Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan

Pino safely escorts the two men and one woman over the difficult mountain pass to safety. Father Re eventually asks Pino to guide three people, who are Jews, over the mountains to Switzerland. When Pino returns to the school, Father Re continues to make him hike. He visits Alberto, and true to his word, his friend teaches him how to drive. After a week, Pino is allowed to take the weekend off. Each day, the priest assigns Pino a new trail and longer miles to trek.

The following day, Father Re wakes him before dawn and makes him hike in the mountains. Pino promises to teach Alberto how to ski if he will teach Pino how to drive.įather Re welcomes Pino to the school. Alberto aspires to be a racecar driver and demonstrates his skill as he weaves through mountain roads. When Pino arrives at the train station, Alberto Ascari, a boy about Pino’s age, meets him. After their apartment and purse store are destroyed, Pino is also sent to Father Re. Pino and his family evade the nightly air raids by taking the train out to the country and sleeping in fields. Mimo is sent to Father Re, a priest who runs a school for boys in the mountains. Anna never shows up, but the boys enjoy the film until Allied planes bomb the city.

Pino and his younger brother, Mimo, sneak out of their house to go to the movie.

She agrees and tells him her name is Anna. He approaches a young woman and asks her to meet him at the cinema later. In Milan, 17-year-old Pino Lella knows that the Nazis are struggling to keep their hold on Italy, but all the teenager dreams about is getting a date. The story is based on events in the life of Pino Lella from June 1943 to May 1945.

Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan