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'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)

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    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2008 .
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      Extent: 182p.
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      • Publication date: 2 June 2008.
      ISBN: 9780670072781 (pbk.)
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    y separately published work icon Once and Then Morris Gleitzman , Camberwell : Penguin , 2009 Z1623268 2009 selected work children's fiction children's Camberwell : Penguin , 2009
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Puffin ,
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      Extent: 182p.
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      • Published: 1st January 2009
         

      ISBN: 9780141324821
Alternative title: Potem
Language: Slovenian
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      Extent: 203p.
      ISBN: 9612720487, 9789612720483

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Works about this Work

Stories to Treasure Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 May 2013; (p. 26)
[Review] Then Roger Sutton , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Horn Book Magazine , May/June vol. 87 no. 3 2011; (p. 90)

— Review of Then Morris Gleitzman , 2008 single work children's fiction
Grasping the Unimaginable : Recent Holocaust Novels for Children by Morris Gleitzman and John Boyne Ruth Gilbert , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature in Education , December vol. 41 no. 4 2010; (p. 355-366)

'This discussion explores the role that storytelling and stories might have in leading children towards an awareness of uncertainty and ambiguity in relation to Holocaust representation. It focuses on Morris Gleitzman’s Once (2006), its sequel Then (2008), and John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006) to consider the narrative techniques used to draw young readers into an understanding of the Holocaust. In particular, the discussion examines the role of silence within these narratives to suggest that a meaningful dialogue with silence is a crucial aspect in communicating the fractured nature of Holocaust history. Literature aimed at a young audience engages explicitly with the oft-cited injunction not to forget the Holocaust by setting out to inform a new generation of readers about the horrors of the Nazi genocide. In my analysis of these texts, however, I want to consider whether we should assume that such works do necessarily perform a progressive educative role. The article argues that the blunt didacticism of Boyne’s text might close down possibilities for the child reader’s imaginative engagement with the ungraspable nature of the Holocaust. In contrast, Gleitzman’s novels confront the child reader with a complex set of ideas about the relationship between narrative and subjectivity.'

The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges Report 2009 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 53 no. 3 2009; (p. 4-10)
[Review] Then Deborah Robins , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 3 2008; (p. 31-32)

— Review of Then Morris Gleitzman , 2008 single work children's fiction
Finding Hope in Dark Times Christopher Bantick , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 May 2008; (p. 27)

— Review of Then Morris Gleitzman , 2008 single work children's fiction
Battle for Hearts and Minds Angie Schiavone , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 June 2008; (p. 36)

— Review of Mahtab's Story Libby Gleeson , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Then Morris Gleitzman , 2008 single work children's fiction
This Week's Selections Katharine England , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 June 2008; (p. 9)

— Review of Then Morris Gleitzman , 2008 single work children's fiction
Shoah Lessons for Children Naomi Levin , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 13 June vol. 73 no. 39 2008; (p. 12)

— Review of Then Morris Gleitzman , 2008 single work children's fiction
Kids' Lit Rosemary Neill , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 June 2008; (p. 10)

— Review of Then Morris Gleitzman , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Lamplighter David Cornish , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Anna the Goanna and Other Poems Jill McDougall , 2000 selected work poetry ; Georgiana : Woman of Flowers Libby Hathorn , 2008 single work novel
The Darker Facts of Life Sophie Cunningham (interviewer), 2008 single work interview
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 67 no. 4 2008; (p. 202-213)
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges Report 2009 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 53 no. 3 2009; (p. 4-10)
Stories to Treasure Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 May 2013; (p. 26)
Grasping the Unimaginable : Recent Holocaust Novels for Children by Morris Gleitzman and John Boyne Ruth Gilbert , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature in Education , December vol. 41 no. 4 2010; (p. 355-366)

'This discussion explores the role that storytelling and stories might have in leading children towards an awareness of uncertainty and ambiguity in relation to Holocaust representation. It focuses on Morris Gleitzman’s Once (2006), its sequel Then (2008), and John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006) to consider the narrative techniques used to draw young readers into an understanding of the Holocaust. In particular, the discussion examines the role of silence within these narratives to suggest that a meaningful dialogue with silence is a crucial aspect in communicating the fractured nature of Holocaust history. Literature aimed at a young audience engages explicitly with the oft-cited injunction not to forget the Holocaust by setting out to inform a new generation of readers about the horrors of the Nazi genocide. In my analysis of these texts, however, I want to consider whether we should assume that such works do necessarily perform a progressive educative role. The article argues that the blunt didacticism of Boyne’s text might close down possibilities for the child reader’s imaginative engagement with the ungraspable nature of the Holocaust. In contrast, Gleitzman’s novels confront the child reader with a complex set of ideas about the relationship between narrative and subjectivity.'

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