Once: Felix and Zelda, Book 1 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Morris Gleitzman (Author, Narrator), Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd (Publisher)

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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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3 hours and 6 minutes
Author

Morris Gleitzman
Narrator

Morris Gleitzman
Audible release date

2 February 2006
Language

English
Publisher

Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
ASIN

B00NPAZ1RE
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	3 hours and 6 minutes
Author	Morris Gleitzman
Narrator	Morris Gleitzman
Audible.com.au Release Date	02 February 2006
Publisher	Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00NPAZ1RE
Best Sellers Rank	829 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 1 in Jewish Fiction for Children 1 in Historical Fiction for Children (Audible Books & Originals) 2 in Holocaust Historical Fiction for Children

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Charlie

really fantastic

Reviewed in Australia on 21 May 2018

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A really sad but good book.

It was about a boy called Felix and his parents went... well, somewhere, at least. He got sent to an orphanage and he found a whole carrot in his soup. then he meets a girl called Zelda and becomes friends with her and both hate Nazis and try not to be attacked by them...

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Amazing

Reviewed in Australia on 5 December 2021

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I have read this book before and it’s just as good as when I read it before. It tells the story of a boy called Felix who lives in an orphanage. It makes you cry it makes you laugh it’s super well written

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Wow

Reviewed in Australia on 27 May 2020

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Wow? Just wow. This book is truly amazing, and I enjoyed reading it a lot. Though there are some sad parts in it, Felix has stayed brave. I just wish I could say the same for myself.

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Jamon

A Good Read

Reviewed in Australia on 12 August 2018

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I had this book in school and didn't read it. I was not interested. That was years ago, I decided to give the book a chance and it was actually a good read. Fast paced and adventurous. I would happily recommend this book.

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Justin

Once

Reviewed in Australia on 29 July 2020

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Exciting sad and emotional story I loved the book and I loved to picture it in my head. And I liked the letter on the last page. You should read it

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Shorty

Once

Reviewed in Australia on 21 November 2020

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This is an amazing book I couldn’t put it down once I borrowed it( I got it a couple days ago and just finished reading it)

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Jane Sadler

Best book ever

Reviewed in Australia on 6 June 2017

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I loved this book, it is adventurous and sad. It is also happy. Now I know what those Nazis did to Jews and it was horrible. I love how Felix and Zelda never ever EVER give up. this is a must read for all 6th graders and above.

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Louise Ward

Excellent series

Reviewed in Australia on 28 February 2021

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The series arrived very quickly. Thank you so much.
Cheers
Louise

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Samantha G

Gives a understanding of war

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 August 2018

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I bought this for my son, but also read it myself. This is a good story told from the point of Felix who displays nativity to war and what is happening around him. It is the sort of book where you constantly yell NO DON'T DO IT.
There is something likable about Felix and I could feel myself willingly him to survive.
I learnt history as a bunch of facts, but this book gives an insight into what people really suffered. Yet, it does so in a way that a child can deal with. It has given me a greater understanding of history. . and I know my son understands history more than I did at his age.
I admit there were times I cried whilst I read it, but only as I felt so wrapped up in the book and the story. I felt for the children.
This book is suited for children 9-12 but I also think older children and adults could take a lot from this book.

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Mk.S

Good but read with caution

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 September 2021

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It is difficult to see where this book will fit in an age group. An adult will certainly get the story as told through a small child's eye and it is very well written but I wonder what a child thinks of it. These things happened and we must not keep history from children, but a child reading this for themselves might not get it and indeed even get the wrong idea. I have stopped reading it for now (was on a teachers favourite list) because I have to do allot of explaining to my child about the contents. Will read again when older but by then will it seem too childishly written?

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J. Field

Harrowing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 October 2020

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What can I say. I have gone on to read all the others in the series. The story is told through the eyes of a Jewish boy called Felix in Once is about 7 I think. He is first met in an orphanage in Nazi occupied Poland and we follow him on his journey to find his parents. I would let my 10 year old grandson read Once on the proviso that he talk about it with an adult. I personally feel the rest of the books are too harrowing for that age. I would wait until slightly older and more able to deal with the treatments of the Jews. The book was sensitivily written and at the end you are left wanting to know what happens to Felix.

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laura steedman

Mischa (10 years old)

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2022

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I loved Once. It was really nice to listen to someone's story and how they lived their life. Once is about a boy called Felix who lived in an orphanage and then left to go and find his parents. He also saved a girl from a burning house (Zelda).

I would recommend it to people over the age of 9 or 10 because it is about death and Adolf Hitler. Parents would like this book as well, and it is also good for people who like history.

There are some details about deaths in WW2. It gave me the shivers and made me feel really sad.

This book was really nice and I hope you really enjoy it like I did.

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King Mummy

Recommended.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2014

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This is a wonderful story for children aged 9-12 - depending on maturity/reading ability. I have used it with my year 7 pupils, all of whom are boys and most have English as a second or third language. They have really enjoyed reading it and about a third of the class have, of their own volition, gone on to read the stores that follow: 'Then,' 'Now' and 'After.' Colleagues and some older students have found the narrator Felix 'irritatingly naive' but the Yr 7 students don't seem to mind. When I asked one of the more able Yr 7 readers about this he commented "Felix is like your little brother; you know he's getting it wrong but you're sort of glad he does because the reality is so bad and you don't want him to be scared. " Recommended.

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