Here's Andree's review for Beneath a Scarlet Sky, a unforgettable true story by Mark Sullivan:

Beneath a Scarlet Sky is based on a true story. During WWII, Italian teenager Pino is sent to the Alps for safety. There a friend teaches him to drive and a priest recruits him to lead Jews out of occupied Italy to Switzerland. Pino has many close calls which prompt his parents to call him home. They know boys are being drafted to the German Army and believe he will be safer if he enlists. Once he joins he is injured by a bomb. Temporarily unfit for duty he returns to Milan.

A chance encounter with General Leyers results in a job as the general’s driver. This role allows Pino to spy for the Allies. He leads a secret, dangerous life and witnesses many terrible acts carried out by the Fascists and the Nazis.

Similar to the fantastic, fictional life of Forrest Gump, Pino meets the Cardinal of Milan, Alberto Ascari a race car driver, Mussolini, and becomes friendly with an American war reporter. He always seems to be in the middle of the action making this an amazing, fast-paced story full of intrigue, danger and daring.

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