Search results for ""Author Alki Zei""
Restless Books Wildcat Under Glass
Melia is spellbound by the stuffed wildcat in her family's living roomher cousin swears that it comes to life and roams the streets at night. When she finds a signed note from the animal with secret instructions, a thrilling and dangerous adventure begins.For Melia and her sister Myrto, summer means a break from Grandfather's history lessons and weeks of running free at the seaside with their ragtag group of friends. Best of all, cousin Nikos will visit and tell his fabulous stories about the taxidermied wildcat, which opens its blue glass eye when it wants to do good deeds and its black one when it makes trouble. The black eye must be open lately because all the adults have been acting strangely, arguing about politics and fearful of the police. Soon even the children are dividedwho can Melia trust? And can the wildcat help keep her family safe?Set in Greece during the 1930s, when the nation was torn apart by fascism, The Wildcat Behind Glass
£12.99
Ediciones del Oriente y del Mediterráneo La novia de Aquiles
Alki Zei (Atenas 1925) nos ofrece esta novela autobiográfica en la que, a través de las vivencias de Eleni, la protagonista, nos brinda una cálida y penetrante visión de lo que fue la resistencia contra los nazis, y de los hombres y las mujeres que, en aquel torbellino de la historia, se dejaron la piel y, en muchos casos, la vida en su lucha por la libertad, sin olvidar las miserias humanas que también corroían el campo de los que luchaban por un mundo mejor, y que, con demasiada frecuencia, desembocaron en el totalitarismo.
£19.29
Aurora Metro Publications Tina's Web
Shortlisted for The Marsh Award 2009 Tina's life in Germany had been so happy, it never occurred to her that one day her parents might split. Or - worse still - send her back to Greece to live with her grandmother! But Tina doesn't mind anything anymore. She's found the answer. With the help of her friend Wick, and a really amazing little blue pill... then lots more amazing little pills... then lots of really incredible lies... Sometimes it's as if she's in heaven, sometimes she's crashing back down to earth, and now - there's no return. Or is there?
£9.18
