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The Silver Sword
The Silver Sword
Author: Ian Serraillier
A moving account of a journey through war-torn Europe. — Alone and fending for themselves in a Poland devastated by war, Jan and his three homeless friends cling to the silver sword as a symbol of hope. As they travel through Europe towards Switzerland, where they believe they will be reunited with their parents, they encounter many hardships and...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780875991047
ISBN-10: 0875991041
Publication Date: 6/1959
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: S. G. Phillips Incorporated
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 1
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This title was later published in a paperback edition under a different title "Escape From Warsaw". From the back of the paperback version
" Warsaw...1942
Dad's in prison. Mother's about to be arrested. Edek, enraged, shoots one of the Nazi Storm Troopers. Now Edek and his two sisters must escape-and fast! Leaving their bombed house, they flee across rooftops, the Secret Police already on their trail.

A Harrowing story of three young fugitives and their Nazi pursuers...take from true accounts."


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