A moving and ultimately hopeful look at what we hold most dear -- and
carry with us -- when we are forced to flee our homes because of war.
When the enemy bombs the library, everything burns, and only one book
survives. As war rages around them, Peter and his father, alongside so
many refugees, flee their home, taking with them a treasure box that
holds something rarer than rubies and more precious than gold. They
journey through mud and rain and long cold nights, and soon survival
becomes more important than any possession. But as the years go by,
Peter never forgets the treasure box, and one day he returns to find it.
This moving story from celebrated author Margaret Wild is illustrated
with Freya Blackwood's subtly affecting artwork, which incorporates
pages of children's books in translation. The result is a haunting and
beautiful tale of the power of stories and the resilience of the human
spirit.