| Title | : | Now |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 014132998X |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780141329987 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 169 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2010 |
| Awards | : | Prime Minister's Literary Awards Children's Fiction (2011), Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Older Children (ages 8-14) (2011), Carnegie Medal (2011) |
Sometimes facing the past is the bravest act of all...
ONCE
I didn't know about my grandfather Felix's scary childhood.
THEN
I found out what the Nazis did to his best friend Zelda.
NOW
I understand why Felix does the things he does.
At least he's got me. My name is Zelda too. This is our story.
Now Reviews
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ONCE I read a book about a boy named Felix. He was a young child living during the terror of the Nazis and escaped an orphanage to find his parents. He met a 6 year-old girl named Zelda. They are just trying to survive and find new parents. THEN I picked up the 2nd book in this series to hear more about these two and was devastated. NOW I see Felix as an old man, still trying to come to grips with all that is in his past.
Now is the third book in this series. (Once is the first, Then is the second) Each book has a one word title, and each chapter in the book begins with that word. In Now, Felix is 80 years old, living in Australia, taking care of his granddaughter....Zelda. Her parents named her after his friend from the earlier books. I don't want to give too much about this book as it does sorta build on the first two books. It's interesting to see a grown Felix, still struggling with his past and what he lived through. He is sad, often distant, and just still remembers everything from his past so vividly and lives with grief and anger each day. Now also weaves in another part of history - a large, devastating, brush fire in Australia. Merging all this together with so much more, bullying, love, grief, a precocious little child, family and more.
These books are geared towards young children. But I do think the content can be a bit much for children. Especially the first two books. I found it interesting that in Now, you get to see how that child, who suffered so horribly by the hands of the Nazis, is grown but still suffers. I enjoy this series and find it heartbreaking and wonderful at the same time. I look forward to reading the final two books in this series. A must read series for anyone who has an interest in the Holocaust. -
As the title mentioned this story is about current times when Felix is 80 and lives in Australia. His eleven year old granddaughter lives with him. It's clear that Felix still suffers from his war memories but that he has had a successful life as a surgeon and his patients are grateful.
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I'm a big fan of Morris Gleitzman's highly underrated WWII series, and have been anticipating this title since I first read Once and Then over a year ago. Now is set in present day Australia and, though it's not the best of the trilogy, it's a brilliant end to Felix's heartbreaking but ultimately hopeful story.
Gleitzman's series has been consistently shocking, funny and important, and has mostly focused on Felix as a young boy. In Now, Felix is an old man, with a successful life and a loving family, including 11-year-old granddaughter Zelda. Her namesake comes from Felix's best friend Zelda, who heavily features in Once and Then, apnd who assists him in his bid to survive the Holocaust. It's a name that carries a lot of history for Felix, and is a name that his granddaughter is desperate to live up to.
A natural disaster strikes Felix's home, forcing both grandfather and granddaughter into confronting their demons, their fears and some home truths. Their relationship grows even more, as Zelda tries to help Felix come to terms with what he lost in the 1940s. It's not quite as heart-wrenching as Then, though I did tear up a few times as Felix relived his nightmare of a past.
As with previous books in the series, I wanted more, and could have read three times the relatively short page count. I love Felix, both as an innocent child and as a wise old man. He's the epitome of the word good, and is a fictional testament to all those people who survived the horrific events of the Holocaust. I'll never forget his story, or the stories of the real survivors who lived on to tell their tales. -
This is a nice little book written for children so is quite short, but oh so poignant and heartbreaking. It has a similar feel to
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
The story is about a little Jewish boy called Felix looking for his Mum and Dad after the start of WWII, they have left him in an orphanage in Poland as they could see what was about to happen. He runs away to find them as he does not understand what is happening around him. His adventures are traumatic and tragic.
Its hard to imagine how these children, thousands of them, had to endure these things alone with no idea whether or not they would ever see their parents again!
Its strange that a lot of these little books written for children are so sad and tragic but uplifting at the same time!
I would recommend this book to children's and their parents alike -
Passaram-se 27 anos desde que Félix fugiu dos nazis. Agora ele tem 80 anos e é considerado por todos um herói. Mas as memórias do passado lhe perturbam. Especialmente o rosto da sua melhor amiga Zelda, da qual ele não conseguiu salvar.
Depois da guerra, Félix com ajuda de um amigo consegue ir para Austrália e se torna cirurgião.
É uma menina, do qual os seus pais dera-lhe o nome de Zelda em homenagem a Félix, que conta a continuação da vida deste grande homem. Que inspira os sobreviventes e no fim aceita o passado. E passada o seu testemunho a esta menina, que se torna como uma neta para ele.
Não é obrigatória ler estes livros por ordem. Quem quiser poder começar por ler este. Mas eu manterei a minha ordem. Ansiosa para saber o que acontece de novo na vida de Félix! -
‘Once I escaped from an orphanage to find Mum and Dad. Once I saved a girl called Zelda from a burning house. Once I made a Nazi with a toothache laugh. My name is Felix. This is my story.'
‘Then I had a plan for me and Zelda. Pretend to be someone else. Find new parents. Be safe forever. Then the Nazis came.’
‘Once I didn’t know about my grandfather Felix’s scary childhood.
Then I found out what the Nazis did to his best friend Zelda.
Now I understand why Felix does the things he does. At least he’s got me. My name is Zelda too. This is our story.’
As you can see, Now continues the story of Felix begun in Once and Then. And true to the meaning of the word, Now takes place in the present. Felix, that charming 10 year old we last saw curled up in a hiding hole to avoid capture by the Nazis, is about to turn 80 years old. He is living in Australia, has had an eminent career as a physician, was married, is now separated from his wife, but on friendly terms, and has one son. His son and daughter-in-law, also physicians, are off in Africa, helping sick children in Darfur and so Felix’s 11 year old granddaughter, Zelda, has come to stay with him in his somewhat isolated home.
Felix is a sad, but understanding grandfather. He doesn’t even get mad at Zelda when he learns she has taken the locket, his most precious possession that had belonged to the first Zelda, the spunky 6 year old who was fleeing the Nazis with him. He is especially not mad after she explains that she thought it would make her brave, but he does guess she is being bullied. Zelda, as the new kid in school, immediately finds herself confronted by bullies and devises a number of ways to avoid and hide from them - shades of her grandfather here.
At the same time, though, Zelda also feels she must deal with her grandfather’s sadness. To cheer him up, she plans a surprise birthday picnic tea for him, attaching hundreds of thank you notes from patients to a tree, and lighting some candles, despite the no fire ban. The entire state of Victoria, Australia was a tinder box because of an intense heatwave. So naturally, when Josh, a boy in her class and the asthmatic brother of her main tormentor, shows up Zelda accidentally sets the letters on fire, when she pushes him away. But later when she hears the bush fires that are raging nearby, Zelda is afraid that she has caused them with the burning thank-yous.
So far their area has not been in danger, but then, the day after the picnic tea fiasco, while in town, they hear that the wind has changed direction. Zelda and Felix race home to save the house and Felix’s dog, Jumble, only to find themselves forced to find safety in a hiding hole while the fire rages about them.
Felix, despite all he has accomplished, has never really come to terms with original Zelda’s death and his failure to protect and save her. That is a heavy burden to carry around for almost 70 years. But now he finds himself confronted by another conflagration and a chance to protect and save another girl named Zelda who also means the world to him. It seems Felix has come full circle - but will he and Zelda both survive this time?
In books 1 and 2, Once and Then, Gleitzman gave the reader a pretty good look at what life was life under the Nazis, the level of cruelty people can be capable of and the level of kindness, too. But the scars left by the Holocaust on those who survived it must be so unimaginably painful, one wonders how any healing can happen. But healing is what Felix needs to do in Now and so, for that matter, does granddaughter Zelda, who feels she can never to good enough to live up the idealized image of her namesake.
Gleitzman has managed to pull this trilogy completely together, yet, interestingly enough, each novel can even stand on it own. So, if you have any interest at all in WWII literature, this is a trilogy not to be missed.
Well, I say trilogy very tongue in cheek. I thought Once, Then and Now would be a trilogy, but maybe , maybe not. Time will tell.
This book is recommended for readers age 12+
This book was obtained from the publisher and will be available in the US June 5, 2012. -
Now is the third book in the Once series, charting the way one Jewish boy manages to survive the Second World War, against incredible odds.
***Spoilers ahead for the first two books***
At the end of the second book, poor Felix has just seen his foster mother and friend hung in the town square for what amounts to 'looking at the Nazi officers a bit funny'as far as I could tell.
In Now, we jump straight to modern day Australia, which kind of surprised me. It's also narrated by a young girl, instead of Felix. It quickly turns out that the girl is Felix's granddaughter and her name is Zelda too. Zelda has come to live with Felix while her parents are in Africa and she's having a hard time with bullies at school.
If you've read Once and Then, you'll know that Felix also has some experience of bullies. The people that bullied Felix were six million times more deadly than the bullies who are being mean to Zelda, but Zelda's bullies still sound pretty awful.
So obviously we find out that Felix survived the war and we also find out how he managed to survived
and what he did after the war. I was really glad because holy shit, did that kid have some evil crap thrown at him in the first two books, so it was nice to see that Felix had managed to rise above the things that had happened to him (as much as anyone can) and had made a success of his life.
As the book progresses, we see that maybe the things that happened to Felix in the war are still affecting him today and when a natural disaster strikes he and Zelda have to work out what's most important.
I'm not sure if I enjoyed this book as much as the first two. I preferred Felix's narration to Zelda's and Zelda's situation, although horrible, couldn't really compare to the horror of what Felix went through.
I guess Morris Gleitzman initially meant for this to be the final book in the series. It has a lot of closure about it. So when I found out that there were two further books, it kind of spoiled them a little for me. After all, the majoity of the tension in the first two books comes from not knowing whether Felix will survive. I think I'm still going read the next two books though - the writing and characters are so good as I really want to see what will happen.
3.5 stars -
4 Stars - Really liked it
Listened to via Audible
The narration of this audiobook was a little bit too dramatic, although I realise that's a fine line when it involves a grown woman narrating the thought process of a small girl in crisis.
Wow, just wow. Book 2 in this series did lull a bit, but this one definitely sucked me back in, which is odd considering it was quite removed from the storyline. This book is based in modern times and follows the relationship between elderly Felix and his grand daughter Zelda (named after the Felix's childhood friend from the previous books). At first that was jarring, as book 2 left off at a somewhat pivotal moment back in WW2, and also we were being given references to characters and events we hadn't read about yet, but ultimately it worked well the more I listened.
Although the first half of the book is quite uneventful, it was still rich in story as it explored how we the subsequent generations (especially through a children's eyes) look back on something as alien to us as a world war, something that I know personally I physically can't fathom going through.
The story takes a rather sharp turn from there and takes you through a devastating bush fire (something all too prevalent and extremely dangerous in the Australian outback) which I think was inspired by the 2009 'Black Saturday Bushfires' which killed 173 people.
It was very close to the end of the story when I realised the bush fire wasn't just a plot device to add excitement into the story, but an absolutely genius way of showing some parallel between the world war and something that is a bit more relate-able and understandable for us now. Two very different things, but when described in certain ways, helps us to understand a bit better the fear and desperation.
All in all, it was an emotionally draining read, but I loved it. I'm excited to get back into young Felix's story with book 4, but I think I need something fun before that haha. -
This was probably the most interesting historical fiction story I've read after reading about a 10 year old Jewish boy who doesn't know much of what's going on in the world in the first two books and is smack-dab in the middle of the Holocaust; and then to have him at 80 years old with his only granddaughters POV was just wow! I loved it!
This takes place in Australia 2009 and Morris Gleitzman in his author's note/acknowledgments mentioned he based some events for the second half of this story of the bushfires back in 2009 in the District of Victoria. So to have that in it and using the braverism Felix had to have had during the war and showing his granddaughter to be brave in a moment of danger is just amazing. I absolutely loved Felix and his willingness to want to help his young 11or12 year old granddaughter at times that she has nothing to be worried about.
Looking back now I'm wishing I had waited to pick this one up after I read the other 3 Gleitzman had written and gone back to a young Felix during the war and picking up a little after thr second book THEN. Only b/c Felix mentioned a few things about him and some other character who showed up at the end of THEN and some things they'd done towards rhe end of the war and also after the war. I noticed in books 4-6 it's the rest of young Felix's story and at the beginning of AFTER he's 13 years old. So I'm excited now to read the rest of these books because the end of this one, NOW, got my eyes watering and it was just heart warming.
Morris Gleitzman ONCE series should be read. They're different. They're unique. And Felix is one special character and one of a kind. A kind of character you actually wish was real and I just want to be best friends with him. Overall so far these are pretty special books 😍😍 and with one special character. -
A beautiful touching story quite different from the first two in the series. I loved the relationship between Felix and his granddaughter. The author touches on the similar personality traits of the two main characters and it fits in to the book series well!
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This wonderful book has not yet been published in Portugal, so I read in English thanks to my Daughter, who got it for me.
It is interesting to go from Child Felix directly to Grand father Felix with a new Zelda character! But this Zelda, Felix's granddaughter, is ever as plucky as her name sake...
Now I am going to go on with this saga.
Love these books!
Maria Carmo,
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I can tell from the first few chapters that this is not quite on par with Once and Then. But I'm willing to give it a chance. Will get back to it later.
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The most overdramatic portrayal of bullying I've ever seen.
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sat and read it all in 1 hour 15, cried and touched
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Lido numa tarde de primavera... Tal como o Felix, Morris Gleitzman é um autêntico contador de histórias.
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ONCE upon a time there was a 10 year old Jewish boy called Felix whose parents were taken away by the Nazis. THEN, his close friend and ally, Zelda, was taken away from him also. NOW, Felix is 80, living in Australia, and trying to protect another Zelda, his grandaughter who is also our narrator.
NOW is the conclusion to Morris Gleitzman's wonderful trilogy for children which brings us from 1940s Poland to present day Australia. The author insists that all three books can be read as stand-alones and I suppose that, technically, that is true but if you want to reap the full benefit of these short but powerful novels, you need to read them in the right order, Once, Then and Now.
Even though NOW is firmly set in the present, there are constant reminders of Felix's past experiences. Zelda has some idea of his past but has been sheltered from the more brutal episodes. She loves her Grandfather dearly but seems to inevitably end up getting into scrapes despite her best intentions - including nearly causing a bushfire. Indeed, the dreadful trauma wrought by the Victorian bushfires of 2009 are vividly presented here. At 167 pages, this is a quick yet substantial read and alongside its fellow novels, would be an excellent way to introduce children to the Holocaust without frightening them off completely.
Although perhaps less poignant than its predecessors, it is a fitting conclusion as we return to the present and see how future generations have been affected yet are still able to move ahead in a positive manner. The memory of Zelda lives on. I will ensure that my own children will get the opportunity to read this trilogy and recommend it to all adults too, especially when we need reminded to count our blessings. -
This isn't the end of this series, there is a fourth book which has just been released called "After" which I'm really looking forward to reading as it continues Felix's story when he defeats the Nazis. So instead of the final book being voiced through Felix, it's all from Felix's grand-daughter Zelda's point of view. I liked this book but not as much as the other two, mainly because I liked Felix as a character and didn't have that same feeling for Zelda. I also think it's because there was so much more I wanted to read about Felix's story and I didn't feel like it was over yet (but now I know there's more, that makes me happy). Zelda is living with her grandfather because her parents are doctors working overseas and during her stay with her grandfather we get glimpses of how Felix (which is what she calls him in the book, not pop or grand-father etc) has changed since the war and how he moved to Australia. The "event" that happens in this is also based on truth, it really did happen in Australia and that's what makes these books feel so real. The ending was really sweet and a little bit sad, but in a good way if there can be...
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I'm not going to go into details about what the book is about etc. I'm sure somone else will do that, and honestly what's reading the book for? Anyway, back to the book. I LOVED it. It was amazing, I could go n forever. What I really loved was that Morris Gleitzman once again, used real life situations.
I cried when I read Once. I cried when I read Then. I cried when I read Now. Gleitzman is a very good author, he makes you beleive whole heartedly in what your reading. What really affected me though is that Gleitzman used the Black Saturday Bushfires in Now. I am an Aussie and on those horrible days, I could see the smoke from where I was. And being so close to the fires - and seeing those places from how they were hit, to after the fires is heart-wrenching. After I read Now, I could imagine, but I doubt its not possible to fully comprehend, what it was like. And if you don't know this, thats what some people had to do, stay under the blankets. It was all true. The cars being burnt, the havoc.
I hope that maybe, when reading the book people will think of those who still suffer.
It's a must read. -
" Sometimes facing the past is the bravest act of all..."
ONCE, I fell in love with a book named Once.
THEN, I read the second book and was left heartbroken and crying.
NOW, I live to read the third book as Felix, in the present, trying to face his terrible past with his grand-daughter.
Now continues the other two books but just in the present. Felix is now 80 years old, a retired surgeon and also lives in Australia. He has a grand-daughter named after his best friend in the previous books, Zelda. The story mentions some spoilers for the past novels so I would say to read Once & Then before starting.
It is quite moving that a boy who suffered so much still suffers at the memories and experience. He blames himself for not protecting Zelda, despite all the things he's achieved. Now he has his grand-daughter Zelda to look after a bush fire breaks out, hitting home, and Felix and Zelda must face their fears and past in order to survive.
Final Verdict: This book has teared me up and I would say the same level as Once and Then. I love Felix whether he's old or young and I love Zelda's courage. I would recommend it to people 12+. -
Once again - GOODREADS HAS LOST MY REVIEW!!! 😡😡😡😡 luckily I now save them externally, so here we go:
Once & Then are two of my favourite books of all time, but this book missed the mark for me. Zelda was kind of annoying to be honest and I couldn't understand why Felix let her go in the house?
I missed knowing what Felix was really thinking, and why he was so sad about the book. I felt I didnt get enough answers. The humour made up for it and why the book gets 3 stars and not 2. I hope the rest of the series gets back to to Gleitzman at his best. -
Este é o terceiro de seis livros sobre o Felix, a criança judia que escapa aos nazis durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Foi publicado em Português por último e eu prefiro ler pela ordem original para evitar alguns spoilers, mas na verdade todos os livros podem ser lidos de forma isolada. Este foi o meu favorito até agora.
Nesta história estamos no presente, Felix já é avô e tem uma neta chamada Zelda. Podemos ver aqui as marcas que a guerra lhe deixou para a vida.
Vivem em Austrália e deparam-se com um grande incêndio.
É aquele tipo de livro que não se consegue parar de ler. -
Felix is hiding. His parents left him at a convent with other orphans, and then they fled. Because Felix is Jewish, and it’s not a very good time to be Jewish at the moment, what with the war and all.
When Felix receives a sign (in the form of a whole carrot) he is sure it means his parents are returning for him. So he takes his beloved notebook, full of fanciful stories, and he leaves the convent to go in search of his parents.
Along the way he sees the truth of the war. He watches people marching, and soldiers fighting. He comes across a burnt down farmhouse, and finds Zelda – a young girl whose parents have been killed. Felix takes Zelda with him, in search of his parents, and on the promise that they’ll find Zelda’s… even though Felix knows that’s not possible. And the more they wander, the more Felix dreads finding out what really happened to his parents…
Morris Gleitzman’s ‘Once’ trilogy began in 2005, and was followed by ‘Then’ and ‘Now’. In 2012 the trilogy will be expanding, with one more book called ‘After’.
1.5 million Jewish children died in the Holocaust. Morris Gleitzman’s Jewish grandfather lived in Poland, but fled the country before the war. But his extended family perished in the Holocaust. Felix and Zelda are not real, but in writing ‘Once’ Gleitzman was inspired by true events and real-life heroes.
‘Once’ begins with Felix at an orphanage. He knows he is hiding amongst Catholics because he is Jewish, and for some reason Hitler doesn’t like Jews. But Felix has no comprehension of the true scope of the war, or of how Hitler’s Europe has turned against the Jewish people. It’s only when he interprets a carrot miracle and decides to leave the convent in search of his parents that Felix sees the truth of what the world has become.
Along the way he finds Zelda, a young girl who Felix discovers lying beside her dead parents in the midst of a burnt-down farmhouse. Together they escape Nazis, hide in a dentist’s basement and form a bond of friendship in the midst of war.
Throughut the first two books, ‘Once’ and ‘Then’, Felix and Zelda are searching for their parents. They meet characters along the way, and stumble into situations that have them uncovering the truth of this war, and how it’s impacting Jews;
We pause at the edge of the trees and squint down into the next valley. My glasses are smudged.
I take them off and polish them on my shirt.
Zelda gives a terrified squeak, and grabs me and points.
I put my glasses back on and peer down at what she's seen.
Zelda isn't pointing at a distant house belonging to a kind cook, because there aren't any houses.
She's pointing at something much closer.
A big hole in the hillside. A sort of pit, with piles of freshly dug earth next to it. Lying in the hole, tangled up together, are children. Lots of them.
All different ages. Some older than me, some even younger than Zelda.
'What are those children doing?' says Zelda in a worried voice.
'I don't know,' I say.
I'm feeling worried too.
They look like Jewish children. I can tell because they're all wearing white armbands with a blue blob that I'm pretty sure is a Jewish star.
Trembling, I give my glasses another clean.
'This wasn't in your story,' whispers Zelda.
She's right, it wasn't.
The children aren't moving.
They're dead.
- Then
Gleitzman’s ‘Once’ series has become hugely popular, both in Australia and overseas. The books have even been named in the prestigious Sydney Taylor Honor Books for Teen Readers. This series really is amazing… Gleitzman is looking at the Holocaust from a child’s perspective, and it’s made all the more horrifying and heartbreaking for Felix and Zelda’s naiveté and innocence.
The story is also brilliant for the secondary characters Gleitzman peppers throughout. A few seem to be inspired by real heroes of WWII, like Janusz Korczak who was a Polish-Jewish doctor and children’s author that helped run an orphanage for Jewish children, and ended up perishing along with them when they were taken to a concentration camp. In Gletizman’s book there’s a friendly Jewish dentist, who hides children in his basement and tends to the teeth of Nazi soldiers.
As an older reader you experience the horrors of war creeping into Felix’s reality slowly, bit by bit and with a gut-churning inevitability that you wish you could stop… It’s utterly horrendous. But the Holocaust is something that should always be remembered and taught to younger generations, and Gleitzman’s ‘Once’ series is incredibly accessible for young readers (10+), while never once refraining from the impacts of death or the gravitas of war and genocide.
First two books, ‘Once’ and ‘Then’, are set in Europe and concentrate on Felix and Zelda’s time hiding from the Nazis. ‘Now’ leaps ahead to Victoria, Australia in February 2009, and introduces us to a different Zelda… Felix’s granddaughter, named for his old friend.
February 7th 2009 is a date synonymous with death and destruction – the setting of the Black Saturday bushfires that claimed 173 lives.
When we meet her, Zelda is staying with her grandfather while her doctor parents are overseas on a mission. She is struggling to fit in the small country town, and struggling even more with the weight of her name. She has heard stories about Zelda, her grandfather’s brave friend who died during the war… she has always felt like she will never live up to her grandfather’s memory of the dead girl, or be as heroic as young Zelda was.
I turn back to the car. Felix is sitting there. I've never seen him look so miserable.
I get back in the car.
‘I’m not her,’ I say.
We sit looking at each other and I can see Felix is having a really big struggle deciding what to do.
‘Poor Zelda was killed,’ I say. ‘But that doesn’t mean I will be.’
Felix looks at me some more.
He looks at the bus.
He opens his mouth to say something, but before he can the bus drives away.
‘Anyway,’ I say. ‘There’s too much leaving in our family and not enough staying.’
- Now
When the day heats up and black clouds loom, Zelda and her grandfather find themselves in a fight for their lives.
I did read the ‘Once’ trilogy thinking it would not finish with ‘Now’. In the third book Zelda learns a few more stories of her grandfather’s time during the Holocaust, one of them being how he joined the Russian resistance in 1944 with his friend, Gabriek… So I was not surprised to learn of ‘After’, a fourth book to be released in 2012.
The ‘Once’ series is truly amazing and heartbreaking. Morris Gleitzman is writing about a horrific moment in human history – but it is vital that new generations know about this past, so that it may never happen again. The ‘Once’ books bring the Holocaust to terrifying life, as told through the eyes of young Felix and later realized by his granddaughter, Zelda. These books are vital reading, and I cannot recommend them enough. -
3 stars.
This was a bit of a disappointment. After the ending of the second book, I was expecting the story to continue on from there, where he was an 11 year old boy. Instead this book jumps right to him being 80 and with no mention of what happened in the years between. That's odd. I'm hoping that maybe the next 2 books go into what happened in that time. Otherwise I'm left wondering, 'why not?'. -
The third story in the once series wasn’t that interesting and i feel like it didn’t need to be made as it jumps from Felix being a 10 year old boy to an old man. The main character is Zelda the granddaughter of Felix named after Zelda from the first novel. The book is Zelda learning about Felix’s past and i didn’t find it that interesting wanting to see what happens next in Felix’s story.
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3.5
idk it’s good but it’s just not as good as the others and also zelda is as annoying as beginning of once felix like nobody is that naive at 11 years old bruh what?
