This insightful study of Alki Zei's work focuses primarily on the artistry with which the acclaimed author, having a deep understanding of child psychology, writes child-centered books and manages to talk to children about taboo events in historical and social reality in an "honest" way, that is, with discernment, sincerity, sensitivity, and in a form accessible to their linguistic and cognitive level.

Mihalis Argyridis, using a wealth of excerpts from Zei’s works, aptly demonstrates how the author dares to narrate and record, through her characters, the tragic historical situations that adversely marked the social life of the country, without shocking or causing disgust.

This is the "honest" way (as first termed by the famous child psychologist and educator Jerome Bruner), accessible and understandable to children, with which Alki Zei innovates in the field of children's literature.

"I did not know Mihalis Argyridis when he wrote his first reviews of my books, and I was impressed by how well he had understood my expression and writing style." Alki Zei