' If you meet Ruth or Edek or Bronia you must tell them I'm going to Switzerland to find their mother Tell them to follow as soon as they can' Having lost their parents in the chaos of war Ruth Edek & Bronia are left alone to fend for themselves & hide from the Nazis amid the rubble & ruins of their city They meet a ragged orphan boy Jan who treasures a paperknife
- a silver sword
- which was entrusted to him by an escaped prisoner of war The three children realise that the escapee was their father the silver sword a message that he is alive & searching for them Together with Jan they begin a dangerous journey across the battlefields of Europe to find their parents BACKSTORY Read a letter from the author's daughter & find out about the amazing true stories that inspired The Silver Sword