I Am David

A 12-year old boy escapes a Stalinist concentration camp in Bulgaria. He sets out on a risky journey to Denmark in hopes
of finding freedom, while facing danger and encountering various people along
the way. David was put in a prison all his life somewhere in Bulgaria, 10 years after World War II, a guard helped him to escape, the guard gave him a compass and told him he must go southwest to Greece, take a boat to Italy and finally go north to Denmark, a peaceful and neutral country. Since he was locked in a camp all his life, he has no emotions and did not trust anyone and is always calm. Johannes, his teacher taught him Italian, French, English, Danish, Russian and a little bit of Hebrew. Johannes dies later in the story and leaves David to go to Denmark to find freedom. In his journey he meets many people and find his emotions and trust towards people.