The Question and Answer section for The Silver Sword is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Hope is a theme throughout the novel and it is the underlying factor that keeps the children alive in the most difficult of circumstances. They hope they will be reunited with their parents; Ruth and Bronia hope to find their brother; and the...
Jan is a street child orphaned in the war. He is quite wild and almost feral as a result of taking care of himself on the streets of Warsaw. He is talented at all the things that are illegal, such as fighting and pickpocketing. Jan is very...
Edek shoots at the Nazis from his window with a rifle, hitting one in the arm, and also bursting one of the tyres of their van.
