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Can I read The Refugee Summer on EtoBox?
The Refugee Summer by Fenton, Edward, 1917- is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Refugee Summer about?
"We lived all day long in our private kingdom... Later on, of course, we all said that everything that happened then was on account of the Turks. But on looking back I can see that the whole thing actually began when the Americans came to live in...the Villa Pandora." The summer of 1922: Greece was at war with Turkish Anatolia, but in Kilfissia, the suburb of Athens where Nikolas lived with his mother, the days were long and sleepy. Kifissia was elegant, but Nikolas was not. His mother was the caretaker of the Villa Pandora. That summer the Averys of Boston - Oliver, his parents, and his cousin Edith - rented the villa. Soon after, new arrivals appeared next door: the beautiful Madame Arnauld, her daughters Nadine and Stephanie, and their mysterious "uncle." High-spirited and bored, the five children decided to form a secret society called the Pallikars, and suddenly Nicholas felt as if he had leaped into something unknown, something that might change him forever. The Pallikars vowed to do secret good, to wage war against suffering, injustice and certain grown-ups. They wanted to have an adventure that would transform their lives, but it was all a game, really, until the Turks burn
Who reads The Refugee Summer?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Fenton, Edward, 1917-
- Publisher
- New York: Delacorte Press
- Published
- 1982
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780440074045
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, Children'S, History
- Rating
- 3.92 / 5 (12 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13