by Ian Serraillier, John Escott · Oxford University Press España, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780194791854
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«The Silver Sword» is the graded reader in English by Ian Serraillier adapted by John Escott, in paperback (88 pages).
During the Second World War, four children separated from their parents survive in the ruins of bombed cities. A silver sword that Jan keeps as a talisman becomes their symbol of hope, and together they embark on a dangerous journey from Poland to Switzerland to reunite with their family.
It is part of the Oxford Bookworms Library collection, level 4, with a controlled vocabulary of 1400 words. Ian Serraillier's original novel was published in 1956 as Escape from Warsaw.
Recommended reading for English students aged 15 and over, useful as a school supplement or for autonomous language learning.
Ian Serraillier was an English novelist and poet. He retold legends from England, Greece and Rome and was best known for his children's books, especially The Silver Sword (1956), a wartime adventure story that the BBC adapted for television in 1957 and again in 1971.
