Once

Resource Information

The work Once represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in North Madison County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Once

Statement of responsibility

Morris Gleitzman

Creator

• Gleitzman, Morris
• trueGleitzman, Morris

Subject

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Fiction
• Young adult fiction
• true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
• trueAustralian fiction
• trueBook burning
• trueHidden children (Holocaust)
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueHolocaust (1933-1945) -- Poland
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Juvenile fiction
• Holocaust, Jewish (a939-1945) -- Poland -- Fiction
• trueJewish boys
• Jews -- Poland -- Fiction
• Jews -- Poland -- Juvenile fiction
• Orphans -- Fiction
• trueParent-separated boys
• truePoland -- History -- 20th century
• Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
• trueRunaway boys
• trueSalinger, Felix (Fictitious character)
• Survival -- Fiction
• Separation (Psychology) -- Fiction
• trueWorld War II -- Poland

Genre

• trueAustralian fiction
• Young adult fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

After living in an Catholic orphanage for nearly four years, a naive Jewish boy runs away and embarks on a journey across Nazi-occupied Poland to find his parents

Member of

• Once series, 01
• trueOnce series

Tone

• trueFunny
• trueMelancholy
• trueMoving

Award

• Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALA), Fiction for Years 7-9, 2007.
• Young Australians' Best Book Awards (YABBA), Fiction, Years 7-9, 2007.
• YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2014.
• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011
• USBBY Outstanding International Book, 2011.

Awards note

Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Honor Teen Readers, 2011.

Cataloging source

NOV

Dewey number

[Fic}

Index

no index present

Intended audience

640

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.G4824

LC item number

On 2010

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640

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 9

Series statement

Once series

Series volume

1]

Target audience

adolescent