Morris Gleitzman, Author . Random $14.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-375-82762-4
"Never trust a human." Those are the last words of cane toad Limpy's Uncle Preston, "the ones he'd said just before he was flattened by a funeral procession," in Australian writer Gleitzman's (Two Weeks with the Queen
)...
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Morris Gleitzman, Author . Random/Yearling $4.99 (193p) ISBN 978-0-375-82765-5
Limpy, from Toad Rage
, which PW
called "a hilarious dark comedy," takes another star turn. Here he seeks a paradise for cane toads, free from human threats. Ages 9-12. (Jan.)
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Morris Gleitzman, Author . Holt $16.99 (163p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9026-0
Tension builds swiftly in this wrenching tale as Felix, a preteen Polish Jew, narrates his experience of Holocaust atrocities, framed by a search for his parents that begins when he escapes from a Catholic orphanage. A natural storyteller, Felix...
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Morris Gleitzman, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $12.95 (122p) ISBN 978-0-15-254768-4
In these companion novels, Keith tackles his troubles in a loopy but wholehearted fashion. When he perceives that his parents' fish-and-chips shop in England is making them both miserable, the boy realizes that drastic action is called for. He...
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Morris Gleitzman, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $11 (140p) ISBN 978-0-15-200366-1
Two ebullient novels from Australia showcase an unusually engaging heroine who has an equally unusual condition: Rowena Batts, the new girl in school, can't speak. As she explains in a letter to her new classmates at the start of Blabber Mouth, ``I...
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Morris Gleitzman, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $5 (144p) ISBN 978-0-15-200367-8
Two ebullient novels from Australia showcase an unusually engaging heroine who has an equally unusual condition: Rowena Batts, the new girl in school, can't speak. As she explains in a letter to her new classmates at the start of Blabber Mouth, ``I...
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Morris Gleitzman, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $5 (137p) ISBN 978-0-15-200370-8
Two ebullient novels from Australia showcase an unusually engaging heroine who has an equally unusual condition: Rowena Batts, the new girl in school, can't speak. As she explains in a letter to her new classmates at the start of Blabber Mouth, ``I...
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Morris Gleitzman, Author Harcourt Children's Books $11 (144p) ISBN 978-0-15-200369-2
Two ebullient novels from Australia showcase an unusually engaging heroine who has an equally unusual condition: Rowena Batts, the new girl in school, can't speak. As she explains in a letter to her new classmates at the start of Blabber Mouth, ``I...
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Morris Gleitzman, Author Harcourt Children's Books $11 (192p) ISBN 978-0-15-200047-9
Convinced that his separated parents have little chance of attracting new mates due to their advanced ages (36 and 37) and excess body fat, Keith, 13, the budding artist previously met in Misery Guts and Worry Warts, goes on an all-out campaign to...
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Morris Gleitzman, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $5 (192p) ISBN 978-0-15-200052-3
Convinced that his separated parents have little chance of attracting new mates due to their advanced ages (36 and 37) and excess body fat, Keith, 13, the budding artist previously met in Misery Guts and Worry Warts, goes on an all-out campaign to...
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Morris Gleitzman, Author Putnam Publishing Group $14.95 (141p) ISBN 978-0-399-22249-8
This isn't at all the carefree story implied by the title and cover artwork--terminal cancer, AIDS, gay-bashing and death are treated tenderly here, in appropriate middle-reader fashion. Colin Mudford, an Australian boy, suspects that his parents...
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Morris Gleitzman, Author Random House Books for Young Readers $14.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-375-82764-8
Limpy, from Toad Rage, which PW called ""a hilarious dark comedy,"" takes another star turn in Toad Heaven by Morris Gleitzman. Here the fellow seeks a paradise for cane toads, where they can be free from human threats such as bike pumps and folding
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Morris Gleitzman. Holt, $16.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9027-7
This harrowing sequel to Once picks up the story of 10-year-old Felix and six-year-old Zelda after their leap from a train carrying Jews to a concentration camp. Once again, Gleitzman captures horrors through the lens of childhood: a mass grave of...
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Morris Gleitzman. Holt, $16.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9378-0
Following Once and Then, this finale to Gleitzman’s trilogy brings the stories of Felix and Zelda, orphaned children in Nazi-occupied Poland, to a conclusion both frightening and tender. Though this story can be read on its own, similarities in...
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