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I fell in love with the story of I Am David when I was first given the book by Walden Media. ... Thus I was able to discover that the allegorical gulag in Anne Holm's book was actually based on the Communist labor camps, which were run by the Soviet-dominated governments of Eastern Europe from 1944 to 1962.

Plot. 12-year-old David has lived in a concentration camp for as long as he can remember. While the people who run the camp are only referred to as them, later in the book it is stated that they came to power in 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution.

Another review on Reading matters comments that the book is not set in a real time or place. Although the circumstances seem real enough, David's background is a synthesis of all the terrible persecution that happened during the Second World War and the subsequent years of cold war communism.

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"I Am David" tells the story of a 12-year-old orphan boy who escapes from a Bulgarian forced labor camp and travels alone through Greece, Italy and Switzerland to his eventual destiny in Denmark.

Plot. Seven years after World War II, a 12-year-old boy named David (Ben Tibber) escapes a Gulag in Bulgaria where he has spent his entire life where his mother has been taken away from him.

The setting of the story takes place in a concentration camp where a 12 year old boy who knows nothing of his social life background, escapes the camp with the help of a guard. David's destination is Denmark where he was told he would be safe.

His only friend in the camp, Johannes, died some time before from a heart attack, as is revealed in a flashback in Chapter 1. One of the commandants has been keeping an eye on David , making sure he is fed properly and taking his vitamins.

Plot. 12-year-old David has lived in a concentration camp for as long as he can remember. While the people who run the camp are only referred to as them, later in the book it is stated that they came to power in 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution.

I fell in love with the story of I Am David when I was first given the book by Walden Media. ... Thus I was able to discover that the allegorical gulag in Anne Holm's book was actually based on the Communist labor camps, which were run by the Soviet-dominated governments of Eastern Europe from 1944 to 1962.

The theme of I am David is not only personal freedom but also the freedom of the heart. The freedom in I am David is not only personal freedom but also the freedom of the heart. The scene David crossing the thorn bushes in the beginning of the story was pretty impressive to me.

Johannes (Jim Caviezel), his friend and mentor in the camp, who prepares him for escape, is killed by a guard, leaving David to face escape on his own.