Quotes from book
The Silver Sword

Name: The Silver Sword
Author: Ian Serraillier

The Silver Sword is a novel by Ian Serraillier, a children's classic, first published in the UK in 1956 by Jonathan Cape and then by Puffin Books in 1960. It had also been published in the US under the title Escape From Warsaw. The story is based upon fact, although fictional names are given to a few of the places mentioned. The account of the Red Army on the march is derived from eye-witness accounts in Jan Stransky's East Wind over Prague. The Silver Sword has been adapted for television and radio.

“he was undoing the wooden box, and he took out the silver sword. "This is the best of my treasures," he said. "It will bring me luck. And it will bring you luck, because you gave it to me. I don't tell anybody my name - it is not safe. But because you gave me the sword and I didn't borrow it, I will tell you."”

Ian Serraillier book The Silver Sword

He whispered. "It is Jan."
The Silver Sword, Chapter 5, "The Goods Train"