THE BOY WHO DIDNT WANT TO DIE

A story of survival - and of enduring hope in the face of unspeakable hardship - on an extraordinary journey, made by Peter, a boy of five, through war-torn Europe in 1944 and 45. Peter soon realises that this new adventure is really a nightmare, watching bombs falling from the blue sky outside Vienna, and learning maths from his mother in Belsen.

Summary

A story of survival - and of enduring hope in the face of unspeakablehardship - on an extraordinary journey, made by Peter, a boyof five, through war-torn Europe in 1944 and 45. Peter soon realisesthat this new adventure is really a nightmare, watching bombsfalling from the blue sky outside Vienna, and learning maths fromhis mother in Belsen.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Lantos, Lantos Peter
• Publisher: Scholastic UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2023
• EAN: 9780702323089
• ISBN: 978-0-7023-2308-9
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 18 mm x 198 mm
• Weight: 210 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); austria, Germany, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration, The Holocaust, Hungary, Interest age: from c 8 years, JUVENILE FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural, Reading Age: From C 12 Years, Second World War, 1939-1945, Reading Age: From C 8 Years, Warfare, Battles, Armed Forces (Children's/Ya), JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement, True Stories (Children's/Ya), Educational: Citizenship & social education, Holocaust Memorial or Remembrance Days, Children’s / Teenage social topics: Migration / refugees, Children’s / Teenage fiction: True stories told as fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Places / Europe