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Summary: I first read this book when it was called The Silver Sword.
Review: In 1958 I was in the fourth grade and my teacher, Mrs. Jacoby, read it aloud. The book's characters and story stayed with me throughout my growing up until I became a teacher in 1971. For many years I was able to check The Silver Sword out of the public library in my home town and read it every year to my fourth graders. Then I moved. I was never able to find another copy. But in 1989 I attended a teacher conference and spoke with a sales rep for Scholastic Books. I mentioned the title to him and the author. He found it under a new title, Escape from Warsaw. I immediately ordered several copies and when they arrived I felt I had won the lotto. I have taught school for 25+ years. And every year I read this wonderful book, and every year I laugh and cry in the same places with my students. For most of my students this poignant book is their first introduction to WWII and the Holocaust. I know the book may be dated, the plot simple and the ending happy. But, the four children who are the main characters seem real to me and I always thrill reading about their hopeful journey to find their parents. You could say The Silver Sword, or Escape from Warsaw, changed my idea of the world and the minute part we each play in it.
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Summary: Escape from Warsaw
Review: In 1964 my teacher read this book to our class, one chapter per day. I remember feeling very impatient for our reading period because I just had to know what happened next. I have a very vivid visual memory of the children crossing over rubble in a burnt-out Warsaw. I didn't think of the book again for maybe a decade, when I began learning about the Holocaust. I remembered Escape from Warsaw but never thought I would see it again. I am excited to purchase it now. I give it 5 stars even though I haven't read it yet, because it seems obvious that it was so powerful that I can remember it almost four decades later!
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Summary: Real Fascination for the Mind and Heart
Review: It is a story of a Polish family being separated, and then being reunited. It shows a lot of emotions & adventure, in style. It had been one of my school day books, which I treasure even now. There is a Hardcover Edition of the same book called the 'The Silver Sword'. Kids will love this book. The authors have transformed their experiences during the war into this book. It gives a greater picture of Wartime scenarios.
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Summary: A Great Book, I will definatly read it again!
Review: This book is about 3 children who risk their very lives to go find their family in Switzerland. I had to read this book for English class and I enjoyed it very much. It is good for boys and for girls because it tells about the scary experiences they encounter on their journey, and the close encounters with the american police....you will have to read this book to find out more. It is a great book and i am sure you will enjoy it. Me and my friends Margie Scheuermann and Christine Mitchell read it, and we loved it. So will you. Read and enjoy! ~~~Lena
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Summary: Escape From Warsaw
Review: This book is about the struggle of a Polish family being separated during World War I.m Father is taken to a prison camp and children struggle to travel by foot from Warsaw to Switzerland, to in hopes reunite with thier family. A book I once read called Kiss the Dust was also a war related book. I preferred this book over that because this book was able to let you get in touch more with the characters feelings which then allows the reader to become a part of the story. Feelings the characters are feeling are more easily related to the reader. The other book lost my interest and was hard to keep reading. This book served as a great writing model because its characters really came to life. Not too long after the story began the reader is able to feel as if in the shoes of the characters in this book. Feelings and struggles are well described. Example is when Edek's feet got so sore and cut up from traveling so far by foot with old shoes. ""Wait please, we have to stop, my feet are so covered with scratches, the pain is too bad for me to take another step." His bloody covered feet then rested in the softness of the grass where he fell asleep" I really enjoyed this book. Though it could have told more about the background of the war. It starts off with their struggle and off and on talks about the war. The background information could have helped because some may not even know why W.W.II was fought. Though it did do a good job of describing characters and struggles. I didn't think that this book would be good but I ended up thinking the total opposite by the end. I am not really a person who likes to read about wars. But this mostly was about a struggle of real people. Those are the kind of books I enjoy. So not only did I learn about war in an interesting way but I also enjoyed this book. So anyone who enjoys reading about human struggles would enjoy this book.
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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: This book is about three children in war-time Warsaw, Poland who everyday hope for the Red Army to invade Poland so they get a chance to escape and find their father who was taken to a German camp for turning a portrate of Hitler in his school room, and escaped to Switzerland. This a powerful story that shows how strong and determined you had to be during World War II. It also shows how important family was. It's brilliantly written and I give it 5 stars. Read to find out what happens on their journey to neutral Switzerland, and IF they make it alive.
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Summary: One of my all time fav books, AND I READ A LOT !!!!!!
Review: This has to be one of THE BEST books I've ever read. It chronicals the adventures of 4 children trying to flee war-torn Poland and get to Switzerland where the parents of 3 of the kids supposedly are. Ruth, Edek, Bronia, and mischevious Jan are a delightful group of adventurers.
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Summary: Skibas Cool Book Review
Review: This is a book about a family who were surviving in Warsaw, Poland. They were all on their own, because they had to run away tobe alive. They had some pretty bad days in their adventure, but they were going on slowly t=day by they. But most importantly it makes you thinkof how the kids are all living together for months. Mostly there are fight when there is boysand girl iin the family, but they were going on and trying to do their best in living each day. This book also teaches the being together and trying to fit in. Mostly it brings you to the childhood a little more, and it makes you relaize how these kids are all fitting together and how you were in your childhood. latly, i recomend this book, because its an awesome and amazing book.You will also learn and can picture the past back in the war time. You will get the feeling of it and try to keep on going and wanting to find more about them and what is happening to them. I also recomend this book, because this book is a real life.
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Summary: The Story Puts You There
Review: This is an engaging story of the three Balicki children who are left to fend for themselves after their parents are arrested by the Nazis. It is a story of family love and devotion and a story of friendship. I think it is a great book for young people to read to understand the horrors of this war upon the children. The story has a heart-warming ending.
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Summary: Thrilling, heartwarming, moving
Review: This little book is based on a true story, and it's one of the most exciting and amazing stories to emerge out of the heartbreak of World War II. It's an incredible narrative about one family's tragedy and redemption, and the lives that they touch along the way. The will to live and survive, among even the youngest children in the family, is incredibly moving and inspiring. I read this story nearly 30 years ago when I was not yet a teen, and it stayed with me. I've read it often since and shared it with many friends, including a few Poles who found it very touching and encouraging...a great source of national pride. At times, the story will take your breath away. I would give it more stars if I could...it's that good.
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