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Soon: Felix and Zelda, Book 5
Morris Gleitzman, Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Audiobook (Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd, June 24, 2015)After the Nazis took my parents, I was scared. After they killed my best friend, I was angry. After I joined the partisans and helped defeat the Nazis, I was hopeful. Soon, I said, we'll be safe. I was wrong.
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Once: Felix and Zelda, Book 1
Morris Gleitzman, Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Audiobook (Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd, Feb. 2, 2006)Felix lives in a convent orphanage high in the mountains 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 all of 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.
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After: Felix and Zelda, Book 4
Morris Gleitzman, Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Audiobook (Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd, July 27, 2012)Following a heartbreaking struggle to survive as a Jewish child in Germany, Felix faces perhaps his greatest challenge - to find hope when he's lost almost everything. As Europe goes through the final agonizing stages of the war, Felix struggles to reconcile hatred and healing. He's helped by a new friend, but if he should lose her as well....
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Then: Felix and Zelda, Book 2
Morris Gleitzman, Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Audiobook (Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd, Oct. 29, 2010)Here is a sequel to the highly acclaimed Once, written and narrated by one of Australia's most popular children's authors. Then is the second story of Felix and Zelda. They escaped from the Nazis, but how long can they now survive when there are so many people ready to hand them over for a reward? Thanks to the courage of a kind, brave woman, they are able to hide for a time in the open, but Felix knows he has a distinguishing feature that identifies him as a Jew and that it is only a matter of time before he is discovered, which will mean death for them all. Even though he promised Zelda he would never leave her, he knows he has to, before it is too late....
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Maybe: Felix and Zelda, Book 6
Morris Gleitzman, Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Audiobook (Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd, Sept. 21, 2017)The next compelling chapter in the life of Felix, hero of the award-winning Once, Then, After, Soon and Now. 1946. Europe is in ruins. Millions of people dream of finding happiness somewhere else. Fourteen-year-old Felix is one of them. When he's offered a journey to Australia, he seizes the opportunity. So does someone very dear to him, even though she wasn't actually invited. They have high hopes for Australia, and their dramatic arrival there makes them want to stay. But before Felix and Anya can embrace the love and friendship of their new land, they must confront the murderous urge for revenge still alive in the old. Felix knows he hasn't faced anything like this before. He may not survive, but he's hoping he will. Maybe.