●David's entire twelve-year life has been spent in a grisly prison camp in Eastern Europe. He knows nothing of the outside world. But when he is given the chance to escape, he seizes it. ●With his vengeful enemies hot on his heels, David struggles to cope in this strange new world, where his only resources are a compass, a few crusts of bread, his two aching feet, and some vague advice to seek refuge in Denmark. Is that enough to survive?David's extraordinary odyssey is dramatically chronicled in Anne Holm's classic about the meaning of freedom and the power of hope.

大衛在東歐的集中營整整度過了十二年歲月。即使對外面的世界一無所知，大衛還是緊緊抓住能夠逃離集中營的大好機會。面對在後窮追不捨的敵人，大衛同時要應付這個陌生的新世界。他身上僅有一個指南針、幾片麵包、疲憊不堪的雙腳及一些模糊的線索，前往丹麥尋求庇護。單靠這些資源能讓大衛存活下來嗎？安妮．霍爾姆在這本經典小說中，透過對大衛超凡的長途旅程，闡述自由的意義與希望的力量。