Felix can't stop wondering what has happened to his parents. He's been living in an orphanage in the mountains for over three years now, and they still haven't come to get him. When men arrive one day and start burning the orphanage's books, Felix is upset and can't understand what is happening.

But this is Poland in 1942 and the men are Nazis, come to burn Jewish books. Fearing for his Jewish bookseller parents, Felix escapes and embarks on a dangerous mission across Nazi-occupied Poland, determined to warn his parents about what is going on.

A remarkable and powerful novel from one of the most popular children's authors.

"Gleitzman is a highly skilled comic author; this story proves he can write tragedy as well."

The Independent

This is volume 1 in New Longman Literature 11-14 .

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Pearson Education Limited .

Paul Jennings was the first author to sell a million books in Australia. Morris Gleitzman is one of Australia's and now the world's best-known and loved children's authors who tackles tough subjects in a funny and offbeat way.