Once by m.gleitzman

Meet Felix

Gifted writer & storyteller

Jewish

living in a Catholic orphanage

in Poland

during World War II.

He invents imaginative stories

to improve his dismal surroundings.

When Felix learns of Nazi book burnings,

he runs away

and rescues Zelda

and hides in a cellar

because Nazis are killing Jewish children.

“Once I lay in the street in tears

because the Nazis are everywhere

and no grown-ups can

protect kids…

…not Mum and Dad,

…not Mother Minka,

…not Father Ludwig,

…not God,

…not Jesus,

…not the Virgin Mary,

…not the Pope,

…[and] not Adolph Hitler.”

Are Optimism

Love&

Storytelling enough?

Will Felix & Zelda

escape the Nazis?

Read on to find out.

Book Trailer created by Stacey Hinton

Student of San Jose State University, Fall 2010 Library 264_01 with Dr. Achterman

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Music “Between Mountains and Stars” from MelodyLoops