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A review by zoeyjoyful
Once by Morris Gleitzman
5.0
Wow! I haven't read a Morris Gleitzmen book since the days of Bumface and 2 Weeks with the Queen. This book blew me away!
Once is written from the point of view of a young Polish Jew named Felix. He was abandoned to an orphanage at the beginning of WW2, but managed to escape to go in search of his parents. When he runs away he discovers that Adolf Hitler is not the man people thought he was, and that the Nazis are doing far worse things than just burning books.
Reading a WW2 story from the POV of a Jew is harrowing enough, but the fact that the narrator is also one ten years old is heartbreaking. Gleitzmen has done an incredible job (as always) at writing from the mind of a child, and watching as Felix pieces together the nightmarish reality is heart-rending.
I look forward to searching out the rest of the series, because I certainly can't stop where Once left off.
Once is written from the point of view of a young Polish Jew named Felix. He was abandoned to an orphanage at the beginning of WW2, but managed to escape to go in search of his parents. When he runs away he discovers that Adolf Hitler is not the man people thought he was, and that the Nazis are doing far worse things than just burning books.
Reading a WW2 story from the POV of a Jew is harrowing enough, but the fact that the narrator is also one ten years old is heartbreaking. Gleitzmen has done an incredible job (as always) at writing from the mind of a child, and watching as Felix pieces together the nightmarish reality is heart-rending.
I look forward to searching out the rest of the series, because I certainly can't stop where Once left off.