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I Am David
By Kay R. Daly
December 6, 2004

It's 1952. A twelve-year old boy, David, escapes a Communist gulag carrying a compass, a half loaf of bread, a bar of soap, a sealed letter and instructions to go to Denmark.

Within the first moments of the opening credits of the new film "I am David," the viewer is sucked into this little boy's devastated world. And at the beginning, his world is dark, forboding, and on the razor's edge between life and death. "I am David" was based upon the classic Anne Holm novel by the same name which won the ALA Notable Book award in 1965, the 1963 Best Scandinavian Children's Book award and the Boys Club of America Junior Book Award Gold Medal. It was one of those books that just begged to be filmed..............