Synopsis

In this gripping story, a twelve-year-old boy struggles to cope with an entirely strange world as he flees northward to freedom in Denmark, after escaping from the eastern European prison camp where he spent most of his life.

David's entire twelve-year life has been spent in a grisly prison camp in Eastern Europe. He knows nothing of the outside world. But when he is given the chance to escape, he seizes it. With his vengeful enemies hot on his heels, David struggles to cope in this strange new world, where his only resources are a compass, a few crusts of bread, his two aching feet, and some vague advice to seek refuge in Denmark. Is that enough to survive? David's extraordinary odyssey is dramatically chronicled in Anne Holm's classic about the meaning of freedom and the power of hope.

Author: Anne Holm
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 01/01/2004
Pages: 239
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780152051600

Review Citation(s):
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 381 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2004 pg. 381 - Superior,Well Above Average