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Once

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About the book

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.

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ISBN9780141320632
PublisherDK
Publication Date02/23/06
Pages160

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  • isaroll
    isaroll

    4 Followers

    4.5

    Spannendes und emotionales Buch.

    Haben das Buch im Deutschunterricht gelesen und ich hab es in den Ferien zu Ende gelesen, da ich es überraschend gut fand.

    Feb 15, 2026

  • blackorchid1004
    blackorchid1004

    48 Followers

    4.5

    Ein schönes, berührendes und dennoch sehr bedrückendes Buch. Durch die Augen eines jüdischen Kindes gesehen sind die Gräuel der Nazis nochmal auf eine andere Ebene der Grausamkeit gelangt, die mich zwischendurch dazu brachten, eine Pause vom Lesen zu nehmen. Es gibt zwei weitere Bände, diese stehen schon auf meiner Wunschliste. Ich werde noch lange an dieses Buch denken. 4,5 Sterne gibt es abschließend, da es, um es mit den Worten eines guten Freundes zu fassen, „sprachlich und stilistisch keine Meisterleistung war.“ Da wurden mir die abgehackten Sätze teilweise an machen Stellen zu oft genutzt.

    Nov 3, 2024

  • majuu
    majuu

    7 Followers

    4.0

    Yes the pacing is all over the place and yes a lot of things were way too rushed for my personal taste. Buuuut it's a sci-fi, gender bent King Arthur retelling with awesome representation. That's just so much of the stuff that's right up my alley that I gladly looked past all my issues. Also it perfectly made me sad with all of the melodramatic aspects of the Arthurian legend. Just give Merlin a hug, okay!?

    Oct 12, 2024

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