After

by Morris Gleitzman, Morris Gleitzman (Read by)

Overview

A Holocaust survival story that combines hopeful melancholy with gentle humour

Following a heartbreaking struggle to survive as a Jewish child in Germany, Felix faces perhaps his greatest challenge—to find hope when he's lost almost everything.

As Europe goes through the final agonizing stages of the war, Felix struggles to reconcile hatred and healing. He's helped by a new friend, but if he should lose her as well.…

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781489084347
Publisher:	Bolinda audio
Publication date:	12/01/2015
Series:	Felix and Zelda , #4
Edition description:	Unabridged
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Morris Gleitzman was born in Lincolnshire and moved to Australia in his teens. He worked as a paperboy, a shelf-stacker, a frozen chicken de-froster, an assistant to a fashion designer, and more before taking a degree in Professional Writing at Canberra College and becoming a writer. He has written for TV, stage, newspapers, and magazines but is best-known for his hugely succesful children’s books including Two Weeks with the Queen, Bumface, and Once.

Editorial Reviews

Morris Gleitzman's fourth story about Felix follows the now 13-year-old Jewish boy during the final months of WWII. As narrator, Gleitzman's voice is often a hoarse whisper, a characteristic that befits the voice of an adolescent who has spent the past several years in hiding. Gleitzman's timing is excellent. His pace quickens right along with Felix's pulse as the Nazis close in, and it slows and breaks as Felix experiences heartbreak and loss. Gleitzman's tone combines the maturity of a boy who is forced to grow up too fast with just the right amount of innocence, effectively reminding listeners that Felix is still a child. This is a memorable story about all that is still lost even after a war has been won. M.D. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

SEPTEMBER 2012 - AudioFile