Jan opened his wooden box and look out the silver sword. “This will bring me luck” he said to Mr Balicki. “And it will bring you luck because you gave it to me”
The silver sword is only a paper knife, but it gives Jan and his friends hope. Hungry. Cold, and afraid, the four children try to stay alive among the ruins of bombed cities in wartorn Europe. Soon they will begin the long and dangerous journey south, from Poland to Swithzerland, where they hope to find their parents agan.
Stage 4. Oxford bookworms library. Thriller & Adventure Bookworms provide enjoyable reading in English at six language stages, and offer a wide range of fiction, both classic modern.
1 The escape
2 Journey through the air
3 The silver sword
4 The children
5 Jan and Ivan
6 Looking for Edek
7 Across the country
8 Trouble with a train
9 The Bavarian farmer
10 The burgomaster
etc.