Because he knows that the man accused of robbery is innocent, an eleven-year-old orphan struggles to find the courage to reveal the truth to his uncle in their small German village in 1867.
Related: Europe, Fiction, Germany, Intermediate (ages 9-14)
- ISBN: 9780805055993
- Author: Holub, Josef
- Translator: Crawford, Elizabeth
- Published: 1997
- Themes: Family, Orphans, Robbers and outlaws, Struggle, village life
- Descriptors: Europe, Fiction, Germany, Intermediate (ages 9-14)