– Customer review on 16/09/2009

This is a touching, beautiful book that is perfect to read to grade 5/6 children, as I have done. This book was the springboard to some of the deepest, most meaningful discussions I've had with schoolkids about youth, prejudice, war, Hitler, family and friends. I highly recommend "Once" and the sequel, "Then".

– Customer review on 01/09/2008

This is an excellent book by Morris Gleitzman and recommended for readers age 9 onwards. I bought it for my grandson for his ninth birthday and he literally could not stop reading it. It has given him an insight into what life was like in Nazi Germany especially for the Jewish people.
The story starts with a young boy named Felix who is an orphan. One day he decides to leave the orphanage and try and track down his family who may or may not have survived the Holocaust.Would not recommend to really young readers as there are chapters of sadness and destruction but for the older child who needs to know about the atrocities of the Holocaust, this is a superb read.

– Customer review on 25/01/2008

I really liked this story even though it was reakky easy to read and didn't take long. Felix escapes from the orphanage that he has been in. Until he finds a whole carrot in his soup which he thinks is a sign that his parents are waiting for him so he heads off to meet them. Set during WW2 with the dangers of Nazis lurking around everywhere prosecuting Jews which Felix unknowingly is... a great adventure story. Highly recommended!