39 • 1974 Mildred Batchelder Award (USA) Translated into 12 languages Rights available: World FOR AGES 12 AND UP 320 pages | 14x20,5cm | Paperback Petros’ War by Alki Zei October 27, 1940: Petros, will remember this day because the next day he hears his mother’s voice saying to him: “Get up... war has broken out. Can’t you hear the sirens?” When war came to Greece, Petros was nine years old, had a pet turtle, loved American movies passionately, and knew about war only from his books. But now he experiences it every day, together with his parents, his grandfather, and his older sister, Antigone, as they embark on a long walk , a stroll through Athens during the Occupation, in those difficult years of hunger, breadlines, fear, and persecution. One of Alki Zei’s most poignant novels about war and hope, it has been translated into 12 languages. “Read Alkis Zei’s Petros’ War for many reasons, but if only to admire the courage and ingenuity of Petros, the little resistance fighter who made life difficult for the Italian and German occupiers.” The New York Times Book Review ENGLISH TEXT AVAILABLE FICTION CLICK HERE to see the series
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