num_pages: 256
description: David's entire twelve-year life has been spent in a grisly prison camp in Eastern Europe. He knows nothing of the outside world. But when he is given the chance to escape, he seizes it. With his vengeful enemies hot on his heels, David struggles to cope in this strange new world, where his only resources are a compass, a few crusts of bread, his two aching feet, and some vague advice to seek refuge in Denmark. Is that enough to survive? David's extraordinary odyssey is dramatically chronicled in Anne Holm's classic about the meaning of freedom and the power of hope.
language: English
title: I Am David
titlecomplete: I Am David
characters: Johannes, The Man, Sophie, Carlos, David Anlow, Maria
genres: Classics, Historical, World War II, Childrens, Young Adult, War, Holocaust, School, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 11573
places: Switzerland, Bulgaria, Denmark
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, awardedAt: -220896000000
name: Gyldendal Prize
publisher: Clarion Books