Alki Zei - Rights Guide

14 R I G H T S G U I D E A L K I Z E I With respect to the original text and its spirit and atmosphere, Georgia Zachari and Stella Stergiou adapt this classic work of Greek literature for the new generation. Georgia Zachari (1994) studied History of Art and in 2018 won the Greek Comics Award for Best New Artist. Stella Stergiou (1992) studied Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens and now works as an illustrator in Belgium. GRAPHIC NOVEL 10+ Near the rail tracks adapted and illustrated by Stella Stergiou, Georgia Zachari 152 pages | 21x28cm | Paperback NOVEMBER 2023 RIGHTS AVAILABLE: WORLD. • 1980 ALSC MILDRED BATCHELDER (USA) Every day, ten-year-old Sasha looks outside her window to the rail tracks that lead away to a new life. Thousands of questions about the world pop up like mushrooms in her mind. Grown-ups don’t have much patience for explanations, expect her father; he calls her Kernel and she calls him Sesame. He is a doctor and he doesn’t make distinctions between poor and rich patients, nor between Russian or Jewish, Christians or others. These are the principles that Sasha grows up with in pre-revolution Russia, fighting against injustice and learning what it means to be a true hero. With the anticipation and enthusiasm that only children can master, she awaits the great change that will knock on their doors.