The Silver Sword
by Ian Serraillier
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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...
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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...
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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.
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