i am fifteen and i don't want to die Author:christine arnothy How much torment can men and women stand before they break? Amid the horrors of a World War II siege, 15-year-old Christine Arnothy found out. Trapped underground in a ruined Budapest cellar, she watched fear and suffering push her neighbors to the very limits of their endurance - and beyond. — Her final nightmare was a dash for the Austrian bo... more »rder with a frightened and scheming guide.« less
First came the Nazi invaders...now the Russians! Huddled in the cold, dark cellar of their bombed-out apartment building, Christine and her family listen in fear as the battle rages over their heads. They must get out of the city - but where, and how? "I am fifteen," Chris prays silently, "only fifteen...and I don't want to die!"
Prize-winning true story of teenage heartbreak and heroism during World War II.