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A review by amyhampton
Once by Morris Gleitzman
5.0
Once I read a book that will stay with me for the rest of my life.
Once I read a book so moving that it made me sob.
Once I read a book that I think everyone should read.
Once is the heartbreaking story of Felix, a young Jewish boy living in Poland during WW2. The juxtaposition of his pure innocence set against the backdrop of atrocities committed by those in power really wrenches the heart. On his journey to be reunited with his bookseller parents, Felix displays such unwavering love and compassion for those around him. As he begins to understand the truth of the Holocaust, his world is changed forever.
Morris Gleitzman will forever have a place on my bookshelf. In writing ‘Once’, Gleitzman wove a tapestry of raw human emotion, combining hope, humour and hurt throughout. I will never stop recommending this story. After all, everybody deserves to have something good in their life at least once.
Once I read a book so moving that it made me sob.
Once I read a book that I think everyone should read.
Once is the heartbreaking story of Felix, a young Jewish boy living in Poland during WW2. The juxtaposition of his pure innocence set against the backdrop of atrocities committed by those in power really wrenches the heart. On his journey to be reunited with his bookseller parents, Felix displays such unwavering love and compassion for those around him. As he begins to understand the truth of the Holocaust, his world is changed forever.
Morris Gleitzman will forever have a place on my bookshelf. In writing ‘Once’, Gleitzman wove a tapestry of raw human emotion, combining hope, humour and hurt throughout. I will never stop recommending this story. After all, everybody deserves to have something good in their life at least once.