A boy with no name, who is later called Misha Pilsudski, lives on the streets of Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. He is an orphan, and has no memory of his parents, and he survives as a thief, with a group of other children, taking food to a family and looking for a place to belong. Over time he is taken in by a group of Jewish orphans and watches the persecution of the Jews around him. Told in the first person, in simple language, the novel shows the Holocaust through the eyes of a child who does not understand it.
Written for young readers, it is a way into the history for older children and adults.
Inward-looking, clear-cut and thought-provoking; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Empathetic Explorer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
