One of the most powerful children’s novels about the Holocaust, the first part of Gleitzman’s quartet introduces Felix, a young Jewish boy fleeing across Nazi-occupied Poland in a desperate, heart-wrenching attempt to find his parents.
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 writing very funny stories and an even rarer gift of wrapping very serious stories inside them' - Guardian
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.
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780141320632
Number of pages: 160
Weight: 119 g
Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 10 mm
This is one of the most powerful and moving books about the Holocaust that I've read. Felix's vulnerability and naivety make the story even more poignant, and I found myself in tears several times during... More
Meet Felix , a young Polish Jew who has been left by his parents in the care of a Catholic orphanage .Having been there for more than 3 years Felix hears little from the outside world but thinks that Herr Hitler must... More
I received this book from a relative, about 4 days ago and i've already finished it! The book made me cry and laugh and i would recommend it to anyone between 10+ even adults could read it! So, now i am going to... More
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