The Silver Sword - Hardcover

Serraillier, Ian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857550284 ISBN 13: 9780857550286

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 2011

Synopsis

The night the Nazis come to take their mother away, three children escape in a terrifying scramble across the rooftops. Alone in the chaos of Warsaw they have to learn to survive on their own.

Then they meet Jan, a ragged boy with a paperknife - the silver sword - that they recognize as belonging to their lost father. The sword becomes their symbol of hope as, with Jan, they begin the hazardous journey across war-torn Eueope to find their parents.

Ian Serraillier's moving account of a family torn apart by war speaks as much to us today as it did when it was first written.

About this title

Review:

"One of the great and enduring tales of survival, courage and hope. Ian Serrailler tells this extraordinary wartime story simply and directly, so that we feel the full force of its truth" (Michael Morpurgo)

"One of the most exciting books I've read for a long while" (Daily Telegraph)

"Old-fashioned storytelling about courage at its best" (Amanda Craig The Times)

"One of the most remarkable children's books since 1945" (Oxford Companion to Children's Literature)

"This book is touched with greatness" (Junior Bookshelf)

Book Description:

A special edition hardback of this wonderful children's classic

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0857550284
• ISBN 13: 9780857550286
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256