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Author:
Gleitzman, Morris
NoveList Series:
Once series volume 1.
Series:
Felix and Zelda volume 1
Publisher:
Puffin
Publication Date:
2006
Language:
English
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Windsor Young Adult Fiction
YA GLEITZMA M

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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.

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

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9780241436004
9780141320632

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Historical fiction
History
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Runaway boys -- Fiction
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Social conditions
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