57 pages • 1 hour read
Morris GleitzmanA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Once (2005), Puffin; Then (2008), Penguin; Now (2010), Viking; Soon (2015), Viking; Maybe (2018), Penguin; and Always (2021), Viking, by Morris Gleitzman
Along with After, these six books comprise the Once book series, telling the story of Felix Salinger, a Jewish boy living through WWII after the aftermath in Poland.
Night by Elie Wiesel (2006), Hill and Wang
Wiesel was only a few years older than Felix when his family ended up in a Nazi death camp; as Felix struggled to care for and stay with Gabriek Borowski, so Wiesel tried to keep his ailing father alive as they waited for liberation by the Russian army.
The Zookeepers Wife by Diane Ackerman (2016), Headline
This biography of Polish resistance partisans parallels much of the historical events in After, including the efforts of civilians to hide Jewish citizens, the dangers faced by civilians, and the demands the war placed upon children.
“Meet Morris Gleitzman“ (2016), Story Box Library
In this brief video, Gleitzman says that everyone is a storyteller and explains how stories help us understand ourselves and one another.
By Morris Gleitzman
7th-8th Grade Historical Fiction
View Collection
Books on Justice & Injustice
View Collection
Coming-of-Age Journeys
View Collection
Coping with Death
View Collection
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
View Collection
Memorial Day Reads
View Collection
Military Reads
View Collection
Safety & Danger
View Collection
Sexual Harassment & Violence
View Collection
War
View Collection
World War II
View Collection