Dimensions
129 x 198 x 13mm
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 recognise as belonging to their long-lost father. The sword becomes their symbol of hope as, with Jan, they begin the hazardous journey across war-torn Europe 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.
