Then
by Morris Gleitzman
Taste attributes: familywarhistoricaladventureheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeA grounded, moving family novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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4.6 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Morris Gleitzman
- Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 198
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- Open Library
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