The Boy Who Didn’t Want to Die describes an extraordinary journey, made by Peter, a boy of five, through war-torn Europe in 1944 and 1945. Peter and his parents set out from a small Hungarian town, travelling through Austria and then Germany together. Along the way, unforgettable images of adventure flash one after another, catching butterflies in the meadows – and as Peter realises that this adventure is really a nightmare – watching bombs falling from the blue sky outside Vienna, learning maths from his mother in Belsen. All this is drawn against a background of terror, starvations, infection, and inevitable, death, before Peter and his mother can return home.
By:
Peter Lantos Imprint: Scholastic Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 197mm,
Width: 130mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 180g ISBN:9781761299643 ISBN 10: 1761299646 Pages: 224 Publication Date:01 March 2023 Audience:
Children/juvenile
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English as a second language
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
