这本获奖儿童读物是一个8岁的波兰男孩回忆1939年夏天的日记，当时不幸第二次世界大战正逼近他的国家。

1939年夏天，波兰华沙的一个八岁小男孩米哈尔刚放暑假。为了改善他的笔迹，米哈尔的老师给他布置了一个简单的任务：写日记，每天写一句话。80年后的今天，米哈尔的日记配上了精美的插图。这本日记简明扼要，是一件了不起的文物，记录了童年的纯真和战争的创伤。该日记以一个典型的男孩视角开始。“7月15日：我和哥哥跟老师去了一条小河。”“7月23日：我发现了一只毛毛虫。”然而，在几周的时间里，出现了一些险恶的细节。“7月27日：一架飞机在阿宁上空盘旋。”“9月1日：战争开始了。”“9月3日：我躲过了飞机。”“9月14日：华沙正在勇敢地进行自卫。”这些痛苦难忘的回忆中穿插着亲戚的来访，一场足球比赛，一次公园旅行，一个冰淇淋甜筒。米哈尔日记中的几页照片增强了这一简单记录的凄美感——一个被战争打断的假日；一个被历史上不寻常时刻永远改变的生活。

This award-winning children's book is one eight-year-

old Polish boy's evocative diary of the summer of 1939 when World War Two was tragically approaching his country.

It is the summer of 1939 in Warsaw, Poland and Michal is an eight- year-

old boy just finishing his school year. In order to improve his handwriting, Michal’s teacher gives him a simple assignment: keep a journal, writing one sentence a day. Eighty years later, Michal’s diary has been gorgeously illustrated with beautifully atmospheric paintings. Eloquent in its simplicity, the journal is a remarkable artifact that captures the innocence of childhood and the trauma of war. The journal starts out with a typical boy’s observations: “July 15: I went to a stream with my brother and teacher.” “July 23: I found a caterpillar.” However over the course of weeks, menacing details emerge. “July 27: A plane was circling over Anin.” “September 1: The war has begun.” “September 3: I hid from planes.” “September 14: Warsaw is bravely defending itself.” These haunting entries are interspersed with visits from relatives, a soccer game, a trip to a park, an ice cream cone. Photographs of pages from Michal’s diary enhance the poignancy of this simple record—an ordinary holiday interrupted by war; a life changed forever by an extraordinary moment in history.