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The Silver Sword
The Silver Sword
Author: Ian Serraillier, C. Walter Hodges
A story of three Polish children who lose their mother to the Germans in World War II and who, with determination, luck and help from unexpected friends, remain together until Edek fell into the hands of the secret police. Ruth carries on with little Bronia in search of Edek and their parents. Story of what life was like for the children of Worl...  more »
ISBN: 170114
Publication Date: 1959
Pages: 187
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Publisher: Criterion Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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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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