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PublisherSquare Fish

ISBN-100312653042

ISBN-139780312653040

eBay Product ID (ePID)99605766

Product Key Features

Book TitleOnce

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFamily / Parents, Historical / Holocaust, Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, Action & Adventure / Survival Stories, General, People & Places / Europe, Religious / Jewish, Historical / Military & Wars

Publication Year2013

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

AuthorMorris Gleitzman

Book SeriesOnce Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight6.3 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

LCCN2009-024153

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsOnce : A SYDNEY TAYLOR HONOR BOOK * "Like The Book Thief , the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy." - The Horn Book , Starred Review"This gripping novel will make readers want to find out more"- Booklist, Like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (rev. 9/06), this Holocaust parable plays its main character's naiveté against readers' likely knowledge of the historical realities, but here the juxtaposition is believable and not at all precious; like The Book Thief (rev. 3/06), the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy, but Once pits Felix's stories against even deeper ugliness. ... Gleitzman manages to find a grain of hope in the unresolved (and likely dire) conclusion, but this is the rare Holocaust book for young readers that doesn't alleviate its dark themes with a comforting ending., Once : A SYDNEY TAYLOR HONOR BOOK * "Like The Book Thief , the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy." - The Horn Book , Starred Review "This gripping novel will make readers want to find out more"- Booklist, "Like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (rev. 9/06), this Holocaust parable plays its main character's naiveté against readers' likely knowledge of the historical realities, but here the juxtaposition is believable and not at all precious; like The Book Thief (rev. 3/06), the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy, but Once pits Felix's stories against even deeper ugliness. ... Gleitzman manages to find a grain of hope in the unresolved (and likely dire) conclusion, but this is the rare Holocaust book for young readers that doesn't alleviate its dark themes with a comforting ending."- The Horn Book, Starred Review "This gripping novel will make readers want to find out more"- Booklist, "Like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (rev. 9/06), this Holocaust parable plays its main character's naivet against readers' likely knowledge of the historical realities, but here the juxtaposition is believable and not at all precious; like The Book Thief (rev. 3/06), the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy, but Once pits Felix's stories against even deeper ugliness. ... Gleitzman manages to find a grain of hope in the unresolved (and likely dire) conclusion, but this is the rare Holocaust book for young readers that doesn't alleviate its dark themes with a comforting ending." -- The Horn Book, Starred Review "This gripping novel will make readers want to find out more" -- Booklist, "Like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (rev. 9/06), this Holocaust parable plays its main character's naiveté against readers' likely knowledge of the historical realities, but here the juxtaposition is believable and not at all precious; like The Book Thief (rev. 3/06), the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy, but Once pits Felix's stories against even deeper ugliness. ... Gleitzman manages to find a grain of hope in the unresolved (and likely dire) conclusion, but this is the rare Holocaust book for young readers that doesn't alleviate its dark themes with a comforting ending." -- The Horn Book, Starred Review "This gripping novel will make readers want to find out more" -- Booklist, Once : A SYDNEY TAYLOR HONOR BOOK * "Like The Book Thief , the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy." - The Horn Book , Starred Review "This gripping novel will make readers want to find out more"- Booklist, "LikeThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas(rev. 9/06), this Holocaust parable plays its main character's naiveté against readers' likely knowledge of the historical realities, but here the juxtaposition is believable and not at all precious; likeThe Book Thief(rev. 3/06), the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy, butOncepits Felix's stories against even deeper ugliness. ... Gleitzman manages to find a grain of hope in the unresolved (and likely dire) conclusion, but this is the rare Holocaust book for young readers that doesn't alleviate its dark themes with a comforting ending."-The Horn Book,Starred Review"This gripping novel will make readers want to find out more"-Booklist

Grade FromSeventh Grade

Series Volume Number1

Dewey Decimal823.3

SynopsisFelix, a Jewish boy in Poland in 1942, is hiding from the Nazis in a Catholic orphanage. The only problem is that he doesn't know anything about the war, and thinks he's only in the orphanage while his parents travel and try to salvage their bookselling business. And when he thinks his parents are in danger, Felix sets off to warn them--straight into the heart of Nazi-occupied Poland. To Felix, everything is a story: Why did he get a whole carrot in his soup? It must be sign that his parents are coming to get him. Why are the Nazis burning books? They must be foreign librarians sent to clean out the orphanage's outdated library. But as Felix's journey gets increasingly dangerous, he begins to see horrors that not even stories can explain. Despite his grim suroundings, Felix never loses hope. Morris Gleitzman takes a painful subject and expertly turns it into a story filled with love, friendship, and even humor.