Once

“Like “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” (rev. 9⁄06), this Holocaust parable plays its main character’s naivete 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”

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 hugely succesful children’s books including Two Weeks with the Queen, Bumface, Boy Overboard and Girl Underground.

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