Ian serraillier the silver sword
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The Silver Sword
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The Silver Sword
IAN SERRAILLIER was born in London in , the eldest of four children. When he was only six years old, Ian's father died, and as his mother was often not very well, he looked after his younger siblings, especially during their long summer holidays in Switzerland. After university, he became a teacher and a writer. When the Second World War broke out, Ian refused to fight, because he believed it is wrong ever to kill another person. Many people who believed this were sent to prison, but fortunately Ian was allowed to continue to teach. After the war, the newspapers were full of pictures of the ruined cities of Europe, and the children who had been orphaned or made homeless by the war. Ian was determined to tell their story. Ruth, Edek, Jan and Bronia are all based on real children, and even the silver sword paper knife was real. Ian Serraillier wrote many children's books but "The Silver Sword" is his most famous and most beloved, and it has never been out of print.
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The Silver Sword
children's novel by Ian Serraillier
The Silver Sword is a children's novel written by Ian Serraillier and published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape in and then by Puffin Books in It has also been published in the United States under the title Escape From Warsaw.[1]
The story is of a Polish family in the Second World War. It is based on fact, although fictional names are given to a few of the places mentioned. The account of the Red Army on the march is derived from eyewitness accounts in Jan Stransky's East Wind over Prague.[2] In an afterword to the edition Jane Serraillier Grossfeld, the author's daughter, identifies a Picture Post article about the Pestalozzi children's village as a source.[3]The Silver Sword has been adapted for television and radio.
Plot summary
[edit]Joseph Balicki, the headmaster of a primary school in Warsaw, was arrested by German soldiers, a few months into the Second World War, and taken away to a prison camp. His Swiss wife, Margrit, and three children (Ruth aged nearly 13, Edek 11, and Bronia 3) were left to fend for themselves.
Joseph spent more than a year in prison before escaping. Having fled his prison camp after knocking out a guard and stealing his uniform, Jos