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I Am David

By: Anne Holm
Narrated by: Struan Rodger
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Summary

David escapes from the concentration camp where he has spent his entire life and flees across Europe. He is utterly alone – who can he trust? What will await him? And all the while, how can he be sure that they won’t catch up with him...David learns that his polite manner, his haunted eyes and his thin features are strange to other people. He must learn to fend for himself in this strange new world.

This is The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas meets Jonathan Safran Foer for children. An incredible story of survival against all odds and self discovery.

©1963 Anne Holm (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Fiction Historical Fiction Heartfelt Thought-Provoking
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One of the most memorable books I read as a teenager. Listening to it on Audible reduced me ti tears again. The narrator was brilliant. The plot is beautifully structured and extremely touching. It tells of a boy born into a concentration camp, escaping into the world and how he survives on his way home to a place he does not know. I would highly recommend it.

I AM DAVID

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absolutely loved it. I cried tears of joy and tears of sadness ascend then some

moved me to tears and I want to meet David!

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I am David is beautiful.

Some people take the narrative of his escape from the Romanian concentration camp too seriously. It is an essential but minute part of the story. Therefore, judging it as a book about war and its accuracy of the European scene at the time (as I’ve seen other people do) isn’t the right way to look at it.

The book’s real focus is on David’s, journey through Europe, socialisation, individual growth, pure morality and discovery of a God that isn’t attached to an institution.

It is a truly beautiful book that I believe any reader would enjoy. Whilst it was read by many of us as children, it still stands strong as one of the greatest European novels ever written and is still highly appealing to all readers. I recommend to all.

Amazing narration of my favourite childhood novel

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Read this book at school when I was 14 and loved it. came back to see if it was as good as I remembered and all I can say is even better when it's read aloud to you. highly recommended...

Such a touching story

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A classic from my childhood. Even more powerful to read years later. Absolutely amazing for anyone.

11/10

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