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.

Then is the second 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, Now and After, are also available from Puffin.

This book was recognised in the Children's Book of the Year category by the Independent Booksellers Award. It was recognised in the Book of the Year - Young Readers category by the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.

This is volume 2 in Once-Now-Then-After .

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Penguin Books Ltd .

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.