Reviews
Once : A SYDNEY TAYLOR HONOR BOOK * "Like The Book Thief , the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy." - The Horn Book , Starred Review"This gripping novel will make readers want to find out more"- Booklist, Like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (rev. 9/06), this Holocaust parable plays its main character's naiveté against readers' likely knowledge of the historical realities, but here the juxtaposition is believable and not at all precious; like The Book Thief (rev. 3/06), the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy, but Once pits Felix's stories against even deeper ugliness. ... Gleitzman manages to find a grain of hope in the unresolved (and likely dire) conclusion, but this is the rare Holocaust book for young readers that doesn't alleviate its dark themes with a comforting ending., Once : A SYDNEY TAYLOR HONOR BOOK * "Like The Book Thief , the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy." - The Horn Book , Starred Review "This gripping novel will make readers want to find out more"- Booklist, "Like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (rev. 9/06), this Holocaust parable plays its main character's naiveté against readers' likely knowledge of the historical realities, but here the juxtaposition is believable and not at all precious; like The Book Thief (rev. 3/06), the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy, but Once pits Felix's stories against even deeper ugliness. ... Gleitzman manages to find a grain of hope in the unresolved (and likely dire) conclusion, but this is the rare Holocaust book for young readers that doesn't alleviate its dark themes with a comforting ending."- The Horn Book, Starred Review "This gripping novel will make readers want to find out more"- Booklist, "Like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (rev. 9/06), this Holocaust parable plays its main character's naivet against readers' likely knowledge of the historical realities, but here the juxtaposition is believable and not at all precious; like The Book Thief (rev. 3/06), the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy, but Once pits Felix's stories against even deeper ugliness. ... Gleitzman manages to find a grain of hope in the unresolved (and likely dire) conclusion, but this is the rare Holocaust book for young readers that doesn't alleviate its dark themes with a comforting ending." -- The Horn Book, Starred Review "This gripping novel will make readers want to find out more" -- Booklist, "Like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (rev. 9/06), this Holocaust parable plays its main character's naiveté against readers' likely knowledge of the historical realities, but here the juxtaposition is believable and not at all precious; like The Book Thief (rev. 3/06), the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy, but Once pits Felix's stories against even deeper ugliness. ... Gleitzman manages to find a grain of hope in the unresolved (and likely dire) conclusion, but this is the rare Holocaust book for young readers that doesn't alleviate its dark themes with a comforting ending." -- The Horn Book, Starred Review "This gripping novel will make readers want to find out more" -- Booklist, "LikeThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas(rev. 9/06), this Holocaust parable plays its main character's naiveté against readers' likely knowledge of the historical realities, but here the juxtaposition is believable and not at all precious; likeThe Book Thief(rev. 3/06), the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy, butOncepits Felix's stories against even deeper ugliness. ... Gleitzman manages to find a grain of hope in the unresolved (and likely dire) conclusion, but this is the rare Holocaust book for young readers that doesn't alleviate its dark themes with a comforting ending."-The Horn Book,Starred Review"This gripping novel will make readers want to find out more"-Booklist, Once : A SYDNEY TAYLOR HONOR BOOK * "Like The Book Thief , the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy." - The Horn Book , Starred Review "This gripping novel will make readers want to find out more"- Booklist
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