For three years and eight months, Felix has lived in a
convent orphanage high in the mountains in Poland. But Felix is
different from the other orphans. He is convinced his parents are
still alive and will come back to get him. When a group of Nazi
soldiers come and burn the nuns'' books, Felix is terrified that his
Jewish, bookseller parents will also be in danger. After escaping
from the orphanage, Felix embarks on a long and dangerous journey
through Nazi occupied Poland, befriending a little orphan girl
called Zelda and a kindly dentist, Barney, who hides and cares for
Jewish children. But when the Nazis discover them, Barney makes the
ultimate sacrifice for the children.
關於作者:
Morris Gleitzman was born in Lincolnshire and moved to
Australia in his teens. He worked as a paperboy, a shelf-stacker, a
frozen chicken de-froster, an assistant to a fashion designer and
more before taking a degree in Professional Writing at Canberra
College and becoming a writer. He has written for TV, stage,
newspapers and magazines but is best-known for his hugely succesful
children''s books including Two Weeks with the Queen, Bumface, Boy
Overboard and Girl Underground.