The guard gave him sparse directions: go south to Salonica, take a ship to Italy, then go north to Denmark. When an unfriendly guard for some reason makes it possible for him to escape, he goes on the run. David’s life and outlook are uniformly grim. Is I Am David by Anne Holm, supposedly for ages 8-12, actually appropriate for young children?Īnne Holm, a Danish journalist and author, wrote this novel in 1963 about a twelve-year-old boy who grew up in a concentration camp in Eastern Europe and remembers nothing else. It’s got a lot to recommend it–It’s a riveting read. I Am David by Anne Holm, a tale of the Cold War, is an international classic, even fifty years after its first publication.
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