Twelve-year-old David escapes from a grisly prison camp in Eastern Europe with only 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..
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.
But when he is given the chance to escape, he seizes it.
He knows nothing of the outside world.
David\'s entire twelve-year life has been spent in a grisly prison camp in Eastern Europe.
Will he be able to survive? The basis for an upcoming motion picture starring James Caviezel and Joan Plowright.
Twelve-year-old David escapes from a grisly prison camp in Eastern Europe with only a compass, a few crusts of bread, his two aching feet, and some vague advice to seek refuge in Denmark
