I Am David

A boy escapes a prison camp, navigating a foreign world to find freedom in Denmark.

4.0 Goodreads · 12,841 ratings

256 pages· 52,420 words· Est. 7.5 hour read· 910L

$9.99Save 4%

In stock. Also at Amazon or Bookshop.

Bookroo's summary

Twelve-year-old David escapes a brutal prison camp, embarking on a perilous journey to Denmark. With only a compass and scant supplies, he must outwit relentless pursuers and survive in an unfamiliar world. Can he find the freedom he's never known, or will his past catch up with him? David's quest is a gripping tale of hope and resilience.

From the publisher

In this gripping story, a twelve-year-old boy struggles to cope with an entirely strange world as he flees northward to freedom in Denmark, after escaping from the eastern European prison camp where he spent most of his life. David’s entire twelve-year life has been spent in a grisly prison camp in Eastern Europe. He knows nothing of the outside world. But when he is given the chance to escape, he seizes it. 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. 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.

At a glance