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Summary: Book For All Seasons
Review: I first read this book when I was 11 years old in my reading class. But I never got to finish it. Such plot in the story made me come and look for it and believe me, you are not going to regret your decision if you get this book. Why should you get this book? I'll tell you why. This book has a lot of history in it. Plus you get every detail. It also has a lot of reality in it and people young and old will certainly love this book. It is definitely, a book for all seasons.
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Summary: one of my favorites
Review: I have a copy of this book from the UK that is called I Am David. It starts with a man telling David, "You must get away tonight. Stay awake so that you're ready just before the guard is changed. When you see me strike a match, the current will be cut off and you can climb over -- you'll have half a minute, no more." This starts David's journey not just to freedom and home, but also to learning how to live as a regular kid after only living in a concentration camp. It's a serious book but one that should be read.
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Summary: amazing book
Review: I have not read this for 25 years - I really recommend it
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Summary: North to Freedom....30 years Later
Review: I must have been about 10 years old when I first read North to Freedom, and perhaps 12 years old the 20th time I read it. I am 41 now, and the profound impression this book has left on me has caused me to seek it once again, this time as a gift to my son. What is it about this book that has gripped my imagination for 30 years? There were many facets of this book which were intriguing to me. One of these was the ambiguity of who "they", the bad guys, were. Chalk it up to my young age, but I at times thought the book was an indictment of Nazi Germany, and later thought perhaps it was about life behind the Iron Curtain. The ambiguity told the lesson that evil was evil, regardless the political justification. The book also was attractive as a great adventure. Most preadolescent boys, perhaps, fantasize of having to make it on their own, facing enormous odds, relying on cunning and stealth and courage to protect oneself from the evil "grownups". There was also a romantic interlude in this book, and the prepubescent boy who isn't at least thinking about girls is rare indeed. The interlude climaxed in a brief kiss, which to preadolescent like myself was, at that time, sheer exhiliration. While we boys could not, of course, read a romance novel, an adventure novel such as this was quite acceptable. Then, there was the intensely happy ending, most of which was left to the reader's imagination because it was so abrupt. Young boys still need a happy ending, and this one was spectacularly anticlimactic. I hope my son shares the joy and ponders the triumph over evil so eloquently presented in this book.
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Summary: North to Freedom is one of the best books I have ever read.
Review: I read this book for the first time when I was in my teens, in 1980, and have read it many times and loved it ever since. I think this is a book everyone should read, adults and children alike. It can teach you so much about life and about what is really important in that life. David's experiences and struggles are so much more than most of us ever will have to deal with, but his mature, naive, yet extremely wise ways of dealing with things are lessons we could all do well to learn. Read this book. You won't be sorry.
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Summary: The greatest WWII novel ever!
Review: I recently read 'North to Freedom' for an english assignment (it was under the title 'I Am David'). Never before have I read such an amazing novel in my life. I loved the way Anne Holm verbally illustrated Europe through David's eyes and gave such a sense of hope to me. Everyone should read this book, no matter how young or old you are. You'll love it.
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Summary: I think it is a very good book, and I strongly recomed it.
Review: It starts when David, a young teen-ager escapes from a prison camp. He sneaks aboard a ship bound for Italy, and an Italian sailor givers him some bread and water. He starts of on a big advendure to find his mother in Denmark. He earns money from tourists so he can buy bread. He stays with people for a little while, the he leaves. I think it can have happy parts, and very sad parts. I really enjoed the book.
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Summary: You Must Read This Book
Review: My 10 year old son and I read to one another and I chose "I am David" because it is being made into a movie. It is quite simply the best children's novel I have ever read.
The story follows David from his life in a eastern European concentration camp to freedom in Denmark. Along the way David learns self reliance, finds faith in the God of "the still waters and green pastures," discovers love, compasion and friendship. Through the book, David transforms from a victim to a human. I can't remember the last time I cried reading a book, but I did several times with this.
If you want a book to teach a kid about self respect, love, forgiveness,and faith this is the book for you. If you don't want a book that teaches these things it is one heck of a story.
This book is also published under the title "North to Freedom"
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Summary: 30 Years Later and I Still Love It
Review: My 6th grade teacher read this book to us just after recess. I've thought about this book many times over the last 30 years and this year decided to find it in the library. I read it and felt the same things I felt in 6th grade. My son is now 8 years old and I can't wait for him to read it. I know he will love it as much as I do. The story of David's journey will stay with your your entire life, like it has mine.
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Summary: Twenty year old memories and still this story is with me.
Review: My brothers and I came home from elementary school every day for lunch and mum would read to us. I think she must have read I Am David (former title of this book) at least twice as it is still clear in my memory. I wasn't just listening to the story, I was there with David as he travelled, conquered fears, hid, and struggled his way to Denmark. My life consisted of getting through my mornings in order to rush home and keep going with the story. From my safe and warm home in Vancouver, BC, I learned a little bit about compassion, bravery, and determination from this story. Beautifully written. My sons are 9 and 6 and I think not yet ready for this story, but I am ordering it anyway to reread it from an adult perspective. Can't wait!
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