Morris Gleitzman Knihy

Když mi nacisté vzali rodiče, byl jsem vyděšený. Když zabili mou kamarádku, byl jsem vzteky bez sebe. Když jsem se přidal k partyzánům, abych jim pomohl porazit nacisty, naplnila mě naděje. Brzy, říkal jsem, budeme v bezpečí. Mýlil jsem se. Brzy vypráví o dalších osudech židovského sirotka Felixe a časově navazuje na předešlé díly Kdysi, Potom a Když. Život v poválečném, osvobozeném Polsku nebyl šťastný ani bezpečný, všude vládl chaos, země i lidé byli zbědovaní, morální hodnoty v troskách. Felix čelí velkému zklamání, jeho naděje i optimismus pohasínají a střídá je vystřízlivění.

Colinovi je dvanáct a láká ho všechno, co se dá vědecky prozkoumat a objasnit. Také má mladšího bratra Luka a má ho moc rád, i když ho pěkně štve, jak mu rodiče pořád nadržují. Jednoho dne - zrovna o Vánocích - postihne Luka uprostřed hraní podivná nevolnost. Výsledek vyšetření je bohužel nepříznivý. Colin, kterého rodiče pošlou na nějaký čas k příbuzným do Londýna, ale nehodlá trpně čekat. Píše kvůli Lukovi i samotné královně a dokonce se pokusí k ní vloupat, jen aby pro brášku získal toho nejlepšího doktora na světě. Při shánění pomoci se také seznámí s mladíkem Tedem, který denně navštěvuje svěho nevyléčitelně nemocného přítele. A právě toto setkání mu otevře oči - pochopí, že jeho místo je vedle Luka, a vymůže si návrat domů, do Sydney. Kniha o smíření se s nevyléčitelnou nemocí člena rodiny, o ujasnění vztahu mezi sourozenci a nalezení místa v rodině, o pochopení, že někdy ani snaha a pevná vůle nemůže nic změnit.

In Then - Morris Gleitzman's heartbreaking children's novel set during the Nazi occupation of Poland during the Second World War - Jewish orphan Felix and his best friend Zelda have been captured and are on the way to a concentration camp, unless they manage to escape ... A little hope goes a long way. I had a plan for me and Zelda. Pretend to be someone else. Find new parents, be safe forever. Then the Nazis came. My name is Felix. This is my story.

After is the fourth shocking, funny and heartbreaking book in Morris Gleitzman's Second World War series. After The Nazis took my parents I was scared After They killed my best friend I was angry After They ruined my thirteenth birthday I was determined to get to the forest, to join forces with Gabriek and Yuli, to be a family, to defeat the Nazis after all 'Haunting . . . dangerous and desperate, but also full of courage and hope' - Guardian 'You will laugh . . . prepare for shock and tears' - Sunday Times After is the fourth in a series of children's novels about Felix, a Jewish orphan caught in the middle of the Holocaust, from Australian author Morris Gleitzman - author of Bumface and Two Weeks with the Queen. The other books in the series, Once, Then and Now are also available from Puffin.

1946. Europe is in ruins. Millions dream of finding happiness somewhere else, and 14 year-old Felix is one of them. When he's offered a journey to somewhere far away, he seizes the opportunity. So does someone very dear to him, even though she wasn't actually invited. They have high hopes for their new land. But before Felix and Anya can embrace the love and friendship of their new world, 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.

My name is Felix. This is my story. Felix has been living in an orphanage for three years and eight months when the men in armbands arrive to burn the books. Going on the run in search of his parents, Felix soon learns that Poland in 1942 is not a safe place for Jewish boys. But can his gift for storytelling keep him one step ahead of the Nazis and help him find his parents? After all, everybody deserves to have something good in their life at least once. 'Morris Gleitzman has a rare gift for writing very funny stories and an even rarer gift of wrapping very serious stories inside them' - Guardian Once is the first in a series of novels about Felix and his family. The sequels - Then, After, Soon, Maybe and Now - are also available from Puffin.

The Second World War has officially ended, but the streets are still a battleground - for food, for shelter, for protection . . . Felix is in hiding to stay safe, but finds he has been left holding the baby - literally. An orphaned infant has been left in his care and he will do everything he can to protect the child, in the way a few incredible people did for him during the Holocaust. This powerfully moving addition to Morris Gleitzman's bestselling series about Felix and Zelda takes place in 1945, following the story told in After. This intensely affecting story will move readers of all ages. It will be welcomed by the many Holocaust educators who use Once, Now, Then and After to teach upper primary and lower secondary children and embraced by any reader who loves passionate, moving and brilliant stories.

Limpy has a dream. A dream in which cane toads and humans live happily together. Surely this time Limpy will be able to show humans how nice cane toads can be? After all, it is Christmas. And isn't Christmas a time of peace and goodwill to all men? And cane toads?

From two of Australia's wickedest authors comes this collection of six shocking children's stories. They are: "The Slobberers", "Battering Rams", "Croaked", "Dead Ringers", "The Creeper" and "Till Death Us Do Part".