Once

Resource Information

The work Once represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Once

Statement of responsibility

Morris Gleitzman

Creator

• Gleitzman, Morris

Subject

• Boy orphans -- Poland -- Fiction
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Fiction
• Poland -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Juvenile fiction
• Runaway boys -- Fiction
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Fiction
• Survival -- Fiction
• Separation (Psychology) -- Fiction
• Orphans -- Fiction
• Poland -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction
• Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile fiction
• Hidden children (Holocaust) -- Fiction
• Jewish children -- Poland -- Juvenile fiction
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Juvenile fiction
• Children's stories
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Poland -- Juvenile fiction
• Jews -- Poland -- Juvenile fiction
• Separation (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
• Jews -- Poland -- Fiction
• Jewish boys -- Poland -- Fiction
• Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
• Historical fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• Children's stories
• Historical fiction

Language

eng

Summary

For three years and eight months, Felix has lived in a convent orphanage high in the mountains in Poland. But Felix is different from the other orphans. He is convinced his parents are still alive and will come back to get him. When a group of Nazi soldiers come and burn the nuns' books, Felix is terrified that his Jewish, bookseller parents will also be in danger. After escaping from the orphanage, Felix embarks on a long and dangerous journey through Nazi occupied Poland, befriending a little orphan girl called Zelda and a kindly dentist, Barney, who hides and cares for Jewish children. But when the Nazis discover them, Barney makes the ultimate sacrifice for the children

Member of

• Felix and Zelda, bk. 1

Cataloging source

UKM

Dewey number

823.914

Index

no index present

LC call number

PZ7.G4824

LC item number

On 2006

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Felix and Zelda

Series volume

bk. 1

Target audience

juvenile