6/28/2023 0 Comments Lexie by Audrey Couloumbis![]() ![]() The Couloumbises craft a poignant and plainspoken account of the everyday impacts of a vast war and the importance of small victories. ![]() Inspired by the courage of their cousin Lambros, a soldier who has escaped capture, Petros finds his own ways to contribute, including helping drop notes to spread war news he also has an uneasy relationship with the German commander, who is something of a supportive presence but still the enemy. When Lexie and her father get to the beach, he surprises her with his new girlfriend and her two sons meeting them. This will be the first time for them to go to the beach without her mother with them. Her parents are divorced, and she is going to the beach with her father. The family fears that their ties to America (the boys' father ran a store there, but they returned to Greece when it went bankrupt) will make them a target, and they hide all signs (such as American toys and clothing) that they are anything but an ordinary Greek family. Lexie by Audrey Couloumbis Book Summary: Lexie is a ten year old girl. Their rural life is interrupted when Nazis invade and a German commander takes up residence in their home. Twelve-year-old Petros and his older brother, Zola, live in the small town of Amphissa. ) collaborates with her husband, Akila, to tell a story inspired by his family history in Greece during WWII. The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear. ![]() Newbery Honor–winning author Audrey Couloumbis ( Getting Near to Baby ![]()
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