by Ian Serraillier, John Escott · Oxford University Press España, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780194230452
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«The Silver Sword» is the adventure novel by Ian Serraillier and John Escott, published by Oxford University Press in paperback (96 pages, in English).
Set in Europe devastated by World War II, the story follows four children trying to survive among the ruins of bombed cities. The silver sword of the title, a simple paperknife, becomes their talisman and gives them hope to undertake a journey south, from Poland to Switzerland, in search of their parents.
Graded reader from the Oxford Bookworms Library series, Stage 4, with a vocabulary of 1,400 words. Edition published in 2000.
Aimed at intermediate-level students of English as a foreign language and young readers aged 16 and over.
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.
