I Am David
by Anne Holm
List Price:
Our Price: $3.36
You Save: $3.63 (52%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.15 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Anne HolmBrand: Houghton Mifflin Company
Translator: L. W. Kingsland
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-01-01
ISBN: 0152051600
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Sandpiper
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780152051600
- Condition: New
- Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
Book Reviews of I Am David
Book Review: An exceptionally beautiful, meaningful story
Summary: 5 Stars
This story has so many great literary elements: mystery, danger, adventure, moral themes (justice/human rights issues), emotional highs and lows, not to mention the educational value of understanding the effects of communism and the plight of refugees...but for me the most beautiful element was the process by which David learned to trust God.
I saw the movie first, and was greatly moved, which led me to read the book. There is some difference between the two--part of the role of Jim Caviezel's character in the movie is accomplished in the book by another unlikely character towards the end. Also in the movie the identity of the person helping David escape is not revealed till the end, whereas in the book it's established from the beginning, but the mystery there (in the book) is "why" this person helped him. Besides the relatively few story changes from book to movie, the book places you "inside" David's head, whereas in the movie you are an outside observer of his circumstances.
Being "inside" David's head allows you to share in more of his thoughts and feelings. The theme of understanding God's character and love for David was very powerfully accomplished in the book. When David loses his compass, he begins to feel hopeless and realizes his need for "outside" help, for which he turns to God. This is such an interesting and beautiful process because he has very limited knowledge of God. All he knows is a small bit of information given to him by Johannes, his late friend and mentor from the camp. Johannes had once told David that a long time ago there was another boy named David who wrote songs about his God and that his God led to green pastures and beside still waters. David made the decision to worship "that God" based on his need for "green pastures and still waters", and throughout the story he addresses God as such in his prayers to him ("God of green pastures and still waters").
He begins relating to God on a somewhat "legalistic" basis--sort of an "if you do this favor for me, then I'll do this favor for you" type of system. There are times when he needs God's help, but refuses to call on Him for help because he doesn't feel he's yet "earned" it. There are actually some incredible moments within that though--the extent that David is willing to go to to make his life worthy of God's involvement and to please God. But by the end of the book, through various circumstances (and one particularly powerful, very symbolic circumstance towards the end of the story), God sovereignly reveals His grace to David--not based on what David can earn, but on God's love for him. The story also affirms to David his value and worth to God--that he (David) is worth sacrificing for.
And without giving too much away...the story has a very happy, satisfying ending!
Summary of I Am David
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.
David's extraordinary odyssey is dramatically chronicled in Anne Holm's classic about the meaning of freedom and the power of hope.
Self-Esteem & Self-Respect Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Self-Esteem & Self-Respect Books
Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo: Books 9 & 10: Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo #9: Anyway You Slice It; Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo #10: Quiet on the SetImagination Studio; Published: 2005-09; Audio CD; Book
Price in other shops:
I Don't Like the Dark (Side By Side)by Anna DeBode
Evans Brothers; Published: 2011-06-25; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.04
Pig Enoughby Janie Bynum
Harcourt Children's Books; Published: 2003-08-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.49
Price in other shops:
Tick Tock (Green Light Readers Level 1)by David K. Williams
Sandpiper; Published: 2006-03-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.99
Price in other shops:
No Mirrors in My Nana's House: Musical CD and Bookby Ysaye M. Barnwell
Sandpiper; Published: 2005-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.32
Price in other shops:
Earl the Squirrelby Don Freeman
Puffin; Published: 2007-09-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.95
Price in other shops:
Ronald Morgan Goes to Batby Patricia Reilly Giff
Puffin; Published: 1990-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.19
Price in other shops:
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Lifeby Wendy Mass
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Published: 2006-11-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.95
Price in other shops:
Woman in the Wallby Patrice Kindl
Puffin; Published: 1998-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.99
Price in other shops:
The Missing Piece Meets the Big Oby Shel Silverstein
HarperCollins; Published: 1981-05-06; Library Binding; Book
Best price: $13.95
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Number the Starsby Lois Lowry
Laurel Leaf; Sandpiper; Published: 2011-05-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.61
Price in other shops:
Escape from Warsaw (Original title: The Silver Sword)by Ian Serraillier
Scholastic Inc.; Scholastic Paperbacks; Published: 1990-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.98
Price in other shops:
Nory Ryan's Songby Patricia Reilly Giff
Yearling; Published: 2002-09-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.75
Price in other shops:
It's a Jungle Out There!: Book One of the Rani Adventuresby Ron Snell
Hannibal Books; Published: 1995-06-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.53
Price in other shops:
The Bronze Bowby Elizabeth George Speare
Sandpiper; Sandpiper; Published: 1997-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.99
Price in other shops:
In Search of Honorby Donnalynn Hess
Spring Arbor/Ingram; JourneyForth; Published: 1992-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.87
Price in other shops:
The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberiaby Esther Hautzig
HarperCollins; HarperCollins; Published: 1995-05-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.98
Price in other shops:
God's Smugglerby John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill, Brother Andrew
Spring Arbor/Ingram; Chosen Books; Published: 2001-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.97
Price in other shops:
Snow Treasureby Marie McSwigan
Penguin Group USA; Puffin; Published: 2006-10-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.77
Price in other shops:
I Am DavidLION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT; Release date: 2005-04-05; DVD
Best price: $4.39
Price in other shops: