PHS Student Writes First Novel

Maria Tsiaklides, a 16-year-old sophomore at Pacific High School, has recently published her first novel, “Greek Fire,” through Xlibris, a self-publishing and print-on-demand company.

“Greek Fire” tells the story of a 17-year-old girl living in World War II-era Greece during the Nazi occupation. She befriends a Jewish girl and after moving to Athens to live with her aunt, discovers that her aunt is harboring Jews to protect them from the Nazis.