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In Then - Morris Gleitzman''s heartbreaking children''s novel set during the Nazi occupation of Poland during the Second World War - Jewish orphan Felix and his best friend Zelda have been captured and are on the way to a concentration camp, unless they manage to escape . . .

A little hope goes a long way.

I had a plan for me and Zelda. Pretend to be someone else. Find new parents, be safe forever.

Then the Nazis came.

My name is Felix. This is my story.

Then is the second in a series of children''s novels by Morris Gleitzman that began with Once about Felix, a Jewish orphan caught in the middle of the Holocaust. The other books in the sequence, Once, Then, After, Soon, Maybe and Now are also available from Puffin.



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Praise for Once:

'Haunting . . . dangerous and desperate, but also full of courage and hope' – Guardian

'Painfully truthful' – Sunday Times

'Funny and shocking at the same time' – Jewish Chronicle

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      Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/2009
      ISBN13: 9780141324821, 978-0141324821
      ISBN10: 0141324821
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In Then - Morris Gleitzman''s heartbreaking children''s novel set during the Nazi occupation of Poland during the Second World War - Jewish orphan Felix and his best friend Zelda have been captured and are on the way to a concentration camp, unless they manage to escape . . .

      A little hope goes a long way.

      I had a plan for me and Zelda. Pretend to be someone else. Find new parents, be safe forever.

      Then the Nazis came.

      My name is Felix. This is my story.

      Then is the second in a series of children''s novels by Morris Gleitzman that began with Once about Felix, a Jewish orphan caught in the middle of the Holocaust. The other books in the sequence, Once, Then, After, Soon, Maybe and Now are also available from Puffin.



      Trade Review

      Praise for Once:

      'Haunting . . . dangerous and desperate, but also full of courage and hope' – Guardian

      'Painfully truthful' – Sunday Times

      'Funny and shocking at the same time' – Jewish Chronicle

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