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Once
Morris Gleitzman
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Description for Once
Paperback. Tells the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanage he lives in to save his Jewish parents from the Nazis in the occupied Poland of the Second World War. Series: Once/Now/Then/After. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; YFT. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 118.
My name is Felix. This is my story.
Felix has been living in an orphanage for three years and eight months when the men in armbands arrive to burn the books.
Going on the run in search of his parents, Felix soon learns that Poland in 1942 is not a safe place for Jewish boys. But can his gift for storytelling keep him one step ahead of the Nazis and help him find his parents?
After all, everybody deserves to have something good in their life at least once.
'Morris Gleitzman has a rare gift for ... Read more
Once is the first in a series of novels about Felix and his family. The sequels - Then, After, Soon, Maybe and Now - are also available from Puffin.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK
Condition
New
Series
Once/Now/Then/After
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141320632
SKU
9780141320632
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About Morris Gleitzman
Morris Gleitzman was born in Lincolnshire and moved to Australia in his teens. He worked as a paperboy, a shelf-stacker, a frozen chicken de-froster, an assistant to a fashion designer and more before taking a degree in Professional Writing at Canberra College and becoming a writer. He has written for TV, stage, newspapers and magazines but is best-known for his ... Read more
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