How to Hunt a Bear

"In all the commotion, I noticed Shimon packing his pocketknife, which accompanied him wherever he went. 'Those Nazis, I hate them,' he mumbled. 'Nobody is going to come near us, and if they do, I don't even know what I'll do to them.' That's what my strong, brave, brother said, so it's no wonder I admire him. When I'm with him, nothing bad can happen to me." This excerpt expresses how seven-year-old Ichu feels, as his family is expelled by the Nazis from their village in Poland, and exiled acro