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Felix, 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 They must be foreign librarians sent to clean out the orphanage's outdated library.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.

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ISBN9780312653040
PublisherSquare Fish
Publication Date03/19/13
Pages192

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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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