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Once there was a book I read which was desperately heart-wrenching. Morris Gleitzman brings alive the naivety and vulnerability of ten year old Felix who is caught in the middle of the Holocaust after his parents disappear. The Jewish orphan clings to the hope that he may one day be reunited with his parents and it is through this sense of hope that Felix develops a resilience and an unwillingness to succumb to the Nazi regime. Friendship and kindness are never far from Felix which gives, what is essentially a negative topic, a feel of triumph.
This novel will leave you hurt, disgusted, tearful and joyful as we see the world through the eyes of a ten year old.
And, if like me, you like this, there is a family of books that follow on from where this one ends.
Mr. I. Richards
