Morris Gleitzman Once Series Collection

The Once series is about our main character “Phelix” experiencing World War II, gaining and losing friends in the war. From living in partisan camps to escaping from a Nazi Death Camp train, Phelix is very lucky to survive. The series covers Phelix’s whole life, from being an 11-year old kid from an orphanage, to living as an 87-year old grandpa. My feelings about the book are both good and bad. Good because it’s a great story, bad because I fell so sad for those jewish civilians. I mean, they didn’t do anything wrong, unless you call being absolutely normal wrong. Imagine if you were phelix, having your father killed and mother tortured (who then died of famine), also having nearly all your friends taken away and /locked up/ tortured /killed /tested on/? Dude, you have to admit it’s horrifying. Recommended for people who want to know more about world war two without having to read a million text books.