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by Morris Gleitzman

JewsWorld War, 1939-1945FriendshipJuvenile fictionJewish children
2.0
Open Library
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While her physician-parents are working in Africa, eleven-year-old Zelda is living with her grandfather, eighty-year-old Holocaust-survivor Felix Salinger, in Australia, when a disaster leads them both to deal with unresolved feelings about the first Zelda, Felix's childhood friend.

Themes & subjects

JewsWorld War, 1939-1945FriendshipJuvenile fictionJewish childrenHistory

Setting

PolandAustralia1918-1945

About the author

Morris Gleitzman
Morris Gleitzman

9 January 1953

Australian writer

Author

Morris Gleitzman

Pages

192

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

8

Language

English

Publisher

Square Fish

ISBN

9781484415313

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