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"What happens is that the Balicki children have to go from Poland to Switzerland and they lose their father and they meet Jan. Edek gets very sick and Ruth gets traumatised, and they both have to protect little Bronia. They are looking for their mother in Switzerland, and they get caught by the Germans-Edek on the moving train. There are lots of concentration camps that they end up in and a lot of the ordinary people in THE SILVER SWORD are farmers. There is a treasure and Jan carries lots of animals."
Adelaide La Blanche-Dupont, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Family, caring for ill
Yes
Who is sick?
- Brother
because he/she is
- basically "out of it"
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Age 11-14
War/Revolt/Disaster on civilians
Yes
Conflict:
- Holocaust
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- emotionally unstable
- wild
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 (a fair amount)
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Switzerland
- Germany
- Poland
Misc setting
- moving train
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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