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Morris Gleitzman

2008182 pagesabout 3–4 hours
2008
first published
  • 2008Viking · 182 pages · ENGISBN 9780670072781
  • 2009Penguin Books, Limited · 192 pages · ENGISBN 9780141324821
  • 2010Henry Holt · 198 pages · ENGISBN 9780805090277
  • 2011Holt & Company, Henry · 208 pages · ENGISBN 9781429923378
  • 2013Square Fish · 224 pages · ENGISBN 9781250003416
  • 2012Bolinda AudioISBN 9781743192016
  • 2013Turtleback Books · 224 pagesISBN 9780606319041
  • No further detail recordedISBN 9788489624580

In early 1940s Poland, ten-year-old Felix and his friend Zelda escape from a cattle car headed to the Nazi death camps and struggle to survive, first on their own and then with Genia, a farmer with her own reasons for hating Germans.

How it feels

MoodSad
AtmosphereBleak

How it reads

Character focusSingle lead

Worth knowing

ViolenceFrequent
Written forMiddle grade

When and where

Content notes

  • Warmoderateunreviewed
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