Description
By: Peter Lantos
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.
Published: 1st March 2023
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 224
Audience: Children
Publisher: SCHOLASTIC LTD UK
Country of Publication: AU
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 19.5 x 13 x 1.5
Weight (kg): 0.18