Ice is alive. There, inside a centuries-old block, a boy of about ten years old is walled up - and his heart is beating. The snowy desert is merciless to people. Shouldn’t Professor Robert Warren, tired of hard work and freezing at the edge of the earth, know this? Time has stood still here, and 1946 is just another date on the calendar. Fate gives Warren, who lost his son, a second chance... But it seems impossible to save the “ice boy”. If only because, having only escaped from the captivity of a hundred years of sleep, a child speaking an incomprehensible language begins to rapidly grow old. This acquaintance will change the lives of both: the boy who should have died a hundred years ago, and the professor who is slowly fading away from despair. Guido Zgardoli (born 1965) is an Italian writer, winner of numerous competitions, including the Andersen Prize and the Strega Prize. His book “Robert Warren’s Second Chance” was included in the Honor List of the International Board of Children’s Books (IBBY) and, like the previously amazing family saga “Mute Island” published by CompassGuide, it was included in the list of outstanding children’s books in the world “White Crows", compiled by the Munich International Youth Library. In Robert Warren's Second Chance, the writer masterfully combines a fantastic plot and amazing psychological authenticity. This amazingly powerful story is about hope, the subtle interconnection of people and how important it is to feel alive.