Once:
Once Series #1
Written by: Morris Gleitzman
Narrated by: Morris Gleitzman
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Time: 3 Hours 7 Minutes
Moving, thought-provoking and wryly humorous.
A story of friendship, belonging and survival from the bestselling author
of Girl Underground, Boy Overboard and Worm Story.
Felix lives in a
convent orphanage in Poland. He is convinced his parents are still alive and
that they will one day come back to get him. When Nazi soldiers come to the
orphanage Felix decides to escape and make his way home. The journey to find
his parents is a long and difficult one, as Poland is occupied by the Nazis and
a dangerous place for a Jewish boy. Felix manages to live and look after
himself and another orphan, Zelda, with the help of a kind dentist, Barney, who
is hiding and looking after a number of Jewish children. When the Nazis
discover them, Barney makes the ultimate sacrifice for the children - electing
to go with them on the train to the death camps, rather than taking the option
of freedom offered by a Nazi soldier, one of his grateful patients.