Surviving First Grade, Poland 1848

A Polish Boy-Genius in a Hostile EnvironmentPoland, 1848: Where survival is a daily struggle and intelligence can be a dangerous gift.In a land crushed under Prussian rule, where peasants are reduced to foraging in the forest just to eat, one boy's mind sets him apart—and places him in danger. Young orphan Val Karnowski, a Polish peasant child with a genius-level IQ, is taken in by a kind-hearted ...