One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is a story of four children trekking from Poland to Switzerland to find their parents after the war.
In 1942 Warsaw, World War II is raging, and people live in fear from day to day. Ruth, Bronia, and Edek have to fend for themselves when both of their parents are taken by the Nazis. Can they survive? A gripping story based on true accounts.
An unforgettable story of life during and after the Second World War, based on true accounts. For readers of The Book Thief, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Diary of Anne Frank.
A BBC radio full-cast dramatization of this much-loved children's classic. When the Germans invade Poland in 1939, the Balicki family are suddenly torn apart by war. The children head to Switzerland with street urchin Jan, hoping to track down their parents and clinging...
The night the Nazis come to take their mother away, three children escape in a terrifying scramble across the rooftops. Alone in the chaos of Warsaw, they have to learn to survive on their own.