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Ian Serraillier ; illustrated by David Frankland
216 pages
illustrations
Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1956
Summary: 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 must learn to survive on their own until they meet Jan, a ragged orphan boy with a paperknife, the silver sword. They recognise it as belonging to their lost father, and it becomes their symbol of hope as they begin with Jan the hazardous journey across war-torn Europe to find their parents