ISBN: 9781405206426
Release Date: 01 Sep 2003
Average rating:   (read by 21 members)

Categories: Fiction

The story of a young boy's journey through Europe after escaping from the camp where he had lived all his life. Sea, mountains and flowers, the colours of Italy, the taste of fruit, people laughing and smiling, all are new to David. And David learns that his polite manner, his haunted eyes and his thin features are strange to other people.

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Torisk
Rated it   6 months ago
Fantastic Book.

kellybee
Rated it   10 months ago
i loved this book i liked the part when he was in the deck of the ship and he drank the wine and he fell asleep because he didnt know what it was.

readwell
Rated it   1 years ago
A fascinating book of adventure through hiding from persecutors. One assumes the people to be feared are the Nazis or a fictional reflection of the Nazis because the dates of internment are too long for WW2. The story is eventful and for children...

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