Anne Holm’s novel, first published in the UK in 1965, is one of the most honest and searing accounts for children of man’s inhumanity to man. It’s also one of the most hopeful.
It tells the haunting story of a 12-year-old boy who is helped to escape from a concentration camp in Eastern Europe by an otherwise hateful guard.
Convinced this is a trap to kill him, David nevertheless sets off by way of Greece, Italy, Switzerland and Germany in order to get to Denmark, where his former captor had told him he would find ultimate safety. His journey is full of incident, this is a tense and exciting story.
Brought up in the camp, David knows nothing of the outside world, but he knows who he is. No matter what happens, he has decided he will not give in to men who love violence and he won’t let them change him. Holm felt that children need ‘real, valuable literature’ and I Am David is a masterpiece.
'You must get away tonight,' the man had told him. David escapes from the concentration camp where he has spent his entire life and flees across Europe. He is utterly alone - who can he trust? What will await him? And all the while, how can he be sure that they won't catch up with him...
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'You must get away tonight,' the man had told him. David escapes from the concentration camp where he has spent his entire life and flees across Europe.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed I am David and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
I am David features in the following genres: Warfare & Battles, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 11+ readers, History
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I am David was written by Anne Holm and published by Egmont Books Ltd an imprint of Egmont UK Ltd
