A boy of old Prague is set in the sixteenth century in Prague. The story is told by Tomas, a Gentile boy, who is bonded to a old man who is Jewish. There is alot of injustice and predjudice practiced against the Jews of Prague, who are restricted to a ghetto. Tomas - from a poor farming family, discovers that what is said about the Jewish people are not true and is witness to terrible actions carried out against the people living in the ghetto by the Gentiles. The illustrations by Ben Shahn are dark and brooding. Read it if you can find it!

I picked this book up at uni, not knowing what it was about. The story is told between two people: Hal and Sybil. Two children from different cultures - Hal is from America and Christian, Sybil from England and Jewish. They meet by chance and become friends. This book has issues dealing with mental and physical illness/disabilities, poverty and how the characters deal with them. I did enjoy this book, it was well written and i'm going to read some more by this author!