Once hardcover educational edition
School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9
No. of pages 160
Published: 2007
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book features in the following series: New Longman Literature 11-14, Once, Once-Now-Then-After, Playaway Children .
There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published in 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.
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This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Bilby Award - Older Readers
This book was recognised in the Older Readers category by the Bilby Award.
Kids Own Australian Literature Award - Ages 7-9 Years
This book was recognised in the Ages 7-9 Years category by the Kids own Australian Literature Award.
The Audies - Grades 3-6
This book was recognised in the Grades 3-6 category of the The Audies.
Children's Book Council of Australia Awards - Book Of the Year - Younger Readers
This book was recognised in the Book of the Year - Younger Readers category by the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.
Sydney Taylor Book Award - Teen
This book was recognised in the Teen category by the Sydney Taylor Book Award.
Andersen Award Best Book for Readers - Ages 9-12 Years
This book was recognised in the Ages 9-12 Years category by the Andersen Award Best Book for Readers.
Audiofile Earphones Award
This book was recognised by the Audiofile Earphones Award.
The Audies - Ages 8-11 Years
This book was recognised in the Ages 8-11 Years category by the The Audies.
Yabba Awards - Fiction
This book was recognised in the Fiction category of the Yabba Awards . YABBA is a not-for-profit volunteer-run incorporated organisation working to bring Australian books alive for children. Their ultimate goal is to have children Recommend, Read, Rate and Reward their favourite Australian books. There are 4 stages: [1] Recommend a favourite book (or as many as 4!) you have recently read, [2] Once the Shortlist is out, read as many of the books as you can between April and September, [3] Start a process of rating the books so you can vote before voting closes., [4]. Reward your favourite books with your vote! Vote online through your school. https://www.yabba.org.au/
Yabba Awards - Fiction - Ages 7-9 Years
This book was recognised in the Fiction - Ages 7-9 Years category by the Yabba Awards.
"Like "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" (rev. 9/06), this Holocaust parable plays its main character's naivete against readers' likely knowledge of the historical realities, but here the juxtaposition is believable and not at all precious; like "The Book Thief "(rev. 3/06), the novel extols the power of storytelling in the face of tragedy, but "Once" pits Felix's stories against even deeper ugliness. ... Gleitzman manages to find a grain of hope in the unresolved (and likely dire) conclusion, but this is the rare Holocaust book for young readers that doesn't alleviate its dark themes with a comforting ending."-"The Horn Book, "Starred Review"This gripping novel will make readers want to find out more"-"Booklist"
