I Am David

The story I Am David is about a twelve year old boy named David who has lived in a concentration camp for as long as he can remember. He is trying to escape to freedom from the Nazis. The story begins in a concentration camp. The prisoners are being treated harshly and barely being able to survive. That all changes for David when one of the guards, known as “the Man” turns of the electricity in the camp, allowing him to escape.

Once David escapes the camp he heads north towards a city called Salonika. Once he made it there he gets on a boat bound for Italy. A sailor found him but gave him food and a life vest, instead of turning him in. The sailor tells David to keep quiet and to swim to the nearest land mass when they approach their destination.

Later David runs across an English couple, he helps them by finding the man’s spectacle they gave him a sandwich for helping them. The couple then tried to give him money but he denied it, then they asked if David wanted a ride but he thought that they would turn him into the Nazi’s or they, as David refers to them. The next time David comes across foreigners it was an American couple who were out of gas. He offers to help them but the wife thought David was a thief and didn’t trust him. But then to the woman’s surprise David said that they could watch his bundle and he would get them gas. The couple was embarrassed that David understood and agreed. Later, David came back with a full can of gas. The husband offered him money but he refused, the couple left some money in his bundle anyways. David eventually came across a mansion and decided to explore. He was caught looking inside by a boy named Carlo, who beat him up. When David refused to fight him back Carlo gave up and walked away. David ran away because he thought Carlo was as bad as them. When David was washing in a river he heard screaming and saw a burning shed and two screaming little kids. David rescued the girl and passed out when Carlo and the rest of