October 27, 1940: Petros will remember this day because his cricket died. He will remember it because the next day he hears his mother's voice saying: "Get up... there's a war. Don't you hear the sirens?" When the Italians reached the doorstep of Greece, Petros was nine years old, had a turtle as a pet, passionately loved American movies, and knew war only through books. But now he experiences it every day, along with his parents, his grandfather, and his older sister, Antigone, beginning a long walk - a stroll through Occupied Athens, in those difficult years of hunger, soup kitchens, fear, and persecution. Guided by his beloved heroes from Greek history and with adolescence at the doorstep, Petros, along with his sister and friends, does not hesitate to take part in the Resistance, always having a song as his motto: Always ahead of us, for a new life... "Read 'Petros' War' by Alki Zei for many reasons but at least to admire the courage and ingenuity of Petros, this little resistance fighter who made life difficult for the Italian and German occupiers." The New York Times Book Review