I Am David

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A book to shatter your heart into a million dazzling pieces. Try putting it back together again. Then you might get a sense of David’s life. Who is this haunted-looking kid? David barely even knows. He’s spent all his life in a concentration camp. He’s never known his parents, or any world outside. But now he’s free. He’s escaped – & now he’s racing across Europe, with his enemies hot on his heels. All he has is a compass, some crumbs of bread, his aching legs, & a tip-off that he’ll find safety in Denmark. (Wherever that is.) Is it enough to survive? A truly essential modern classic – once read never forgotten The heartbreaking tale of a child’s lone journey through Europe Highly topical read for today’s world of war & refugee crises“ Full of hope & tenderness” – Evening Standard