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The Silver Sword

The Silver Sword

by C Walter Hodges Hodges (Designer), Ian Serraillier (Author), Jane Serraillier (Contributor)

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    Hardcover 2011

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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 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.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 01 Dec 2011
ISBN 10: 0857550284
ISBN 13: 9780857550286
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: A special edition hardback of this wonderful children's classic

Media Reviews
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
Author Bio
Ian Serraillier was born in London in 1912, and educated at Brighton College and St.Edmund Hall, Oxford. From 1961 he worked in his Sussex home writing mainly for children. His main achievements included novels, poetry, retellings in verse and prose, educational and local history books. He died in November 1994.