Never too Late to Read Classics discussion

Our book for November, I Am David is a moving story of a boy's search for his home. It is also known as North to Freedom.
The author is Anne Holm.

I hope that some of you will be able to join me.

I want to read this book, and I hope to fit it in my schedule by last week of November.

It's a fairly quick read, Nidhi.

That ‘s good, Rosemarie, when are you planning to begin?

Probably this Friday or so.

Then I will join you from Sunday, on Thursday we have festival Diwali, after that I will be free. Actually I thought the book which has theme of war / holocaust will be dense and difficult read but I very much want to read it.

The book is not about the holocaust, but about a boy making his way from a concentration camp and the people he meets. It's quite short.
Happy Diwali!

This was a really extraordinary read. Compelling and moving. I understand why they would market this as a children's book, but I think putting a book of this caliber in any kind of pigeon hole is just ridiculous. I'm glad it's still in print and being read. It deserves a long life.

Wonderful depth. I could feel how the people in his past had influenced him without their being named.

The free online copy I read is here:
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL12341...

I agree John, they never should have marketed it as a children's book, but a good book - to be read by all.

So true, Jazzy and John!

Here are some more books I can recommend, featuring young people in war situations:

I Am Fifteen—and I Don't Want to Die by Christine Arnothy- set in Budapest

Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter -set in Germany

I Am Rosemarie by Marietta D. Moskin-set in the Netherlands

I've just finished this and found it a very moving read. David had such a lonely life and only knew life in a concentration camp. His struggles to make sense of the world outside the camp were poignantly portrayed, as he realized how different he was.

Finished. Many parts felt contrived but overall a good read. I enjoyed him calling his God the "God of green pastures and still waters".

I found that very moving as well.