The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier

The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier

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.

"One of the great and enduring tales of survival, courage and hopeIan 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

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.

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ISBN 13	9780857550286
ISBN 10	0857550284
Title	The Silver Sword
Author	Ian Serraillier
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Random House Children's UK
Year published	2011-12-01
Number of pages	256
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