Once
by Morris Gleitzman
Taste attributes: familywarhistoricaladventurefastunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringrescue/escape/jeopardyhuman spirit/resilience/survivalunderdog triumphs
Boxlist takeGrounded and emotional: a heavy family novel. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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4.5 / 5
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About This Book
Once by Morris Gleitzman is the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanage he lives in to save his Jewish parents from the Nazis in the occupied Poland of the Second World War.
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- Author
- Morris Gleitzman
- Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 163
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- Open Library
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