num_pages: 192
description: The dramatic story of three Polish children during and just after World War II, whose parents are taken away by the Nazis and their house blown up. The children manage to escape over the rooftops and join the gangs of orphans living in the ruins of the bombed city, existing as best they can. The “silver sword” is only a paper knife, but it is the talisman that, after the Germans have been driven out of Warsaw, gives Ruth, Edek and Bronia the hope and courage to make an astonishing journey across Europe with their friend Jan until they reach a refugee camp where they are reunited with their parents.
language: English
title: The Silver Sword
titlecomplete: The Silver Sword
characters: Bronia Balacki, Edek, Ruth Balacki
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Adventure, Young Adult, Classics, Holocaust, Childrens, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 7944
places: Switzerland, Warsaw, Poland
publisher: Jonathan Cape