num_pages: 163
description: Translated from the German by Elizabeth D. Crawford. Based on the author's own wartime experiences, a gripping and affecting novel of friendship between twelve-year-old Thomas and a man who has lost his leg and asks to be called Crutches. "Has the intensity of an adventure story; it is equally remarkable for its development of theme without sacrificing believability of sense of story....Poignant."--Horn Book.
language: English
title: Crutches
titlecomplete: Crutches
genres: Historical, School, World War II, Young Adult, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Fiction, German Literature
ratings_count: 169
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Batchelder Award, name: Preis der Leseratten des ZDF
publisher: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard