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| Author | Morris Gleitzman |
|---|---|
| Series | Felix and Zelda |
Release number | 1 |
| Publisher | Puffin Books |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Pages | 160 |
| ISBN | 9780143301950 |
| OCLC | 76888577 |
| 823.914 | |
| LC Class | PZ7.G4824 |
| Followed by | Then (2009) |
Once is a 2005 children's novel by Australian author Morris Gleitzman. It is about a Jewish boy named Felix who lived in Poland and is on a quest to find his book-keeper parents after he sees Nazis burning the books from a Catholic orphanage where he lived for 3 years and 8 months. He finds a girl named Zelda, unconscious in a burning house with her dead parents; he takes her with him and protects her from confronting her parents' death by telling her stories. Although Once is a work of fiction, Gleitzman was inspired by the story of Janusz Korczak, the events of World War II, and Hitler's attempt to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe.
Once was translated into German (Einmal) and was nominated for the 2010 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis; it won the 2011 Katholischer Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis.
The sequels to the book are Then (2009),[1] Now (2010),[2] After (2012),[3] Soon (2015)[4] Maybe (2017),[5] and Always (2021).[6] In chronological order of Felix's life, the books are Once, Then, After, Soon, Maybe, Now, and Always.[3]
- ^ Morris Gleitzman (2009). Then. ISBN 9780141324821.
- ^ Morris Gleitzman (2010). Now. ISBN 9780141329987.
- ^ a b Morris Gleitzman (2012). After. ISBN 9780670075447.
- ^ Morris Gleitzman (2015). Soon. ISBN 9780670078875.
- ^ Morris Gleitzman (September 2018). Maybe. ISBN 9780141388656.
- ^ "Morris Gleitzman". Retrieved 2020-06-02.
I'm talking of course about Always, the final book in the Once series