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2 1 y separately published work icon Maybe Morris Gleitzman , ( trans. Dušan Ogrizek with title Morda ) Dob pri Domzalah : Miš , 2018 11572547 2017 single work children's fiction historical fiction

'1946. Europe is in ruins. Millions of people dream of finding happiness somewhere else.

'Fourteen year old Felix is one of them. When he’s offered a journey to Australia, he seizes the opportunity. So does someone very dear to him, even though she wasn’t actually invited.

'They have high hopes for Australia, and their dramatic arrival there makes them want to stay. But before Felix and Anya can embrace the love and friendship of their new land, they must confront the murderous urge for revenge still alive in the old.

'Felix knows he hasn’t faced anything like this before.

'He may not survive, but he’s hoping he will. Maybe.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
4 4 y separately published work icon Soon Morris Gleitzman , ( trans. Dušan Ogrizek with title Kmalu ) Dob pri Domzalah : Miš , 2017 8607248 2015 single work novel young adult war literature (taught in 1 units)

'I hoped the Nazis would be defeated.

And they were.

'I hoped the war would be over.

And it was.

'I hoped we would be safe.

But we aren't.

'Soon continues the incredibly moving story of Felix, a Jewish boy still struggling to survive in the wake of the liberation of Poland after the end of World War Two.' (Publication summary)
3 10 y separately published work icon After Morris Gleitzman , ( trans. Dušan Ogrizek with title Tedaj ) Dob pri Domzalah : Miš , 2014 Z1876629 2012 single work children's fiction children's 'In the fourth part of Felix's story, continuing his adventures in World War Two, he faces perhaps his greatest challenge - to find hope when he's lost almost everything, including his parents. 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...' (Publisher's blurb)
6 10 y separately published work icon Now Morris Gleitzman , ( trans. Dušan Ogrizek with title Zdaj ) Dob pri Domzalah : Miš , 2012 Z1691367 2010 single work children's fiction children's 'Set in the current day, this is the final book in the series that began with Once, continued with Then and is... Now. Felix is a grandfather. He has achieved much in his life and is widely admired. He has mostly buried the painful memories of his childhood, but they resurface when his granddaughter Zelda comes to stay with him. Together they face a cataclysmic event armed only with their with gusto and love - an event that helps them achieve salvation from the past, but also brings the possibility of destruction.' (From the publisher's website.)
3 17 y separately published work icon Then Morris Gleitzman , ( trans. Dušan Ogrizek with title Potem ) Dob pri Domzalah : Miš , 2011 Z1505325 2008 single work children's fiction children's 'Then is the second story of Felix and Zelda. They escaped from the Nazis, but how long can they now survive when there are so many people ready to hand them over for a reward? Thanks to the courage of a kind, brave woman they are able to hide for a time in the open, but Felix knows he has a distinguishing feature that identifies him as a Jew and that it is only a matter of time before he is discovered, which will mean death for them all. Even though he promised Zelda he would never leave her, he knows he has to, before it is too late...' (Publisher's blurb)
6 23 y separately published work icon Once Morris Gleitzman , ( trans. Dušan Ogrizek with title Nekoč ) Dob pri Domzalah : Miš , 2011 Z1211274 2005 single work children's fiction children's After nearly four years in a Polish orphanage Felix sets out in an attempt to discover the whereabouts of his parents.
7 26 y separately published work icon Butterfly Sonya Hartnett , ( trans. Dušan Ogrizek with title Metulj ) Dob pri Domzalah : Miš , 2010 Z1554853 2009 single work novel young adult (taught in 5 units)

'Here is Plum Coyle, on the threshold of adolescence, striving to be new. Her fourteenth birthday is approaching: her old life and her old body will fall away, and she will become graceful, powerful, at ease. The strength in the objects she stores in a briefcase under her bed - a crystal lamb, a yoyo, an antique watch, a penny - will make sure of it.

'Over the next couple of weeks, Plum's life will change. Her beautiful neighbour Maureen will begin to show her how she might fly. The older brothers she adores - the charismatic Justin, the enigmatic Cydar - will court catastrophe in worlds that she barely knows exist. And her friends - her worst enemies - will tease and test, smelling weakness. They will try to lead her on and take her down.

'Who ever forgets what happens when you're fourteen?' (Publisher's blurb)
7 19 y separately published work icon A Little Fear Patricia Wrightson , ( trans. Dušan Ogrizek with title Strahec ) Ljubljana : Mladinska Knjiga , 1990 Z312060 1983 single work children's fiction children's

A strong-minded old woman struggles with an ancient gnome-like creature for the right to live in the small cottage that she has just bought, on land that the Njimbin has occupied for centuries.
12 21 y separately published work icon The Nargun and the Stars Patricia Wrightson , ( trans. Dušan Ogrizek with title Simon in kamniti tujec ) Ljubljana : Mladinska Knjiga , 1979 Z862349 1973 single work children's fiction children's (taught in 3 units)

Simon Brent is orphaned. Still shocked, he is taken to live with his only relatives, brother and sister Charlie and Edie Waters, who live on a farm. There, Simon meets the Aboriginal spirits who also live on the land. Together Simon, Charlie, Edie, and the spirits save the land from the ancient Nargun. The story is memorable in the portrayal of the Nargun and the spirits, as well as the characters of Charlie and Edie, and the depiction of Simon's change from a shocked and emotionally frozen individual to a normal boy.
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