In Then - Morris Gleitzman's heartbreaking children's novel set during the Nazi occupation of Poland during the Second World War - Jewish orphan Felix and his best friend Zelda have been captured and are on the way to a concentration camp, unless they manage to escape . . .
A little hope goes a long way.
I had a plan for me and Zelda. Pretend to be someone else. Find new parents, be safe forever.
Then the Nazis came.
My name is Felix. This is my story.
Then is the second in a series of children's novels by Morris Gleitzman that began with Once about Felix, a Jewish orphan caught in the middle of the Holocaust. The other books in the sequence, Once, Then, After, Soon, Maybe and Now are also available from Puffin.
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780141324821
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 138 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 12 mm
Praise for Once:'Haunting . . . dangerous and desperate, but also full of courage and hope' – Guardian 'Painfully truthful' – Sunday Times 'Funny and shocking at the same time' – Jewish Chronicle
I 'discovered' this book a couple of years ago when it was on the UKLA shortlist for books for younger readers. I was lucky enough to meet Morris Gleitzman at the award ceremony, where (unsurprisingly) he... More
I never read 'once' but borrowed 'then' from my local libarary, I simply just couldn't put it it down. I cryed my heart out when I had finished it, and in my own words i have never read a book... More
The book "Then" is most certainly a "War book" which grasps your attention and does not let you go until the last page. Personally I have an interest in war books as I find it highly interesting to... More
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