The parents in Water Wings (1997) and Bumface (1998), however, are more harshly criticised - these are parents who shirk their responsibilities and put their own needs first, and this is shown to be entirely different from well-meaning parents who experience stress and make mistakes. In Water Wings, Pearl is often left alone while her mother, whose red sports car bears the number plate ‘CAR 4 ME’, pursues her career and social life. The mother sees every situation entirely from her own perspective, and regards Pearl’s feelings and needs, not with empathy or concern, but as an irritation which threatens to get in the way of her own happiness. Pearl’s father, meanwhile, is entirely absent, and the little girl’s longing for a grandmother, though presented humorously, emphasises her parents’ complete failure to take care of her needs. Listen, Dumbo,’ said Angus. ‘There’s no girl, right? I’m not going to meet a girl. I’m not going to kiss a girl. Watch my lips. NO... GIRL...’ THEN, by Morris Gleitzman, is the story of Felix and Zelda, two young children who survive jumping from the window of a train heading through Poland to a Nazi death camp. Narrowly and repeatedly escaping death at the hands of Nazis, they find a home with Genia, a farm woman whose husband has been forced to go to work in Germany for the Nazis. Bleaching their hair and changing their names (to those of Felix's favorite book characters), the children and their new guardian narrowly escape the horrors that regularly befall the Polish community in which they live. That feisty six year-old Zelda (now known as Violetta) is an outspoken speaker-of-truths provides both constant levity and constant danger. Similarly, Bumface depicts absentee fathers (the three children have a father each) and an actress mother who neglects her children. While Angus’ mother is part of an idealised television family, her own children are left to fend for themselves. Nonetheless, both Water Wings and Bumface, like all Gleitzman’s novels, depict the children’s dilemmas with humour and what has been described as ‘the sure-footed lightness of touch for which Gleitzman is celebrated’ ( The Guardian, 28 March 2006). Pearl and Angus may suffer at the hands of their neglectful parents, but neither are victims: on the contrary they develop remarkable strength of character and self-reliance and, indeed, their sense of humour is an important factor in their psychological survival.

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This is one of those books where it is difficult to write about the narrative without spoiling the whole thing for future readers, because everything and everyone is so interconnected with the action. I intentionally hadn’t read much about Then or the third book about Felix, Now, so when I read the ending of this I was very surprised. It really wasn’t what I expected. I said in my review for Once that Zelda annoyed me. A lot, especially with her constant 'Don't you know anything?' ERM, NO WE DON'T. Anyway, that lovely line was in this book too, BUT not as much and I actually started really connecting with Zelda too, especially when she became a different person - Violetta (I really like that name actually). Zelda is also only six years-old when Felix is ten. It's strange how she seems so grown up and honestly, I thought she was the same age as Felix until said. It's disgraceful how much she had been through just at that age, and many other real people too.The View' EP Shades Ana Navarro Over Her Costume Choice On Halloween Show: "You Don't Have a Heart" Often a sequel fails in satisfying a reader, because the first book was so good. It feels like nothing can measure up to it, but that is not the case here. I was happy to see that Gleitzman was able to recapture Felix as I remember him, allowing growth because of his experiences but still very much the sweet, innocent storytelling 10 year old boy he was in Once. Gleitzman has done this with Zelda, too, who remains the same annoyingly-endearing, smart mouth 6 year old girl of Once, constantly asking ‘Don’t you know anything?’ whenever someone states the obvious. His first book, The Other Facts of Life (1987), started out as a screenplay which he turned into a novel. It was followed by several other books for children, including Two Weeks with the Queen (1989); Misery Guts (1991); and Blabber Mouth (1993), all of which have been adapted for the stage by Mary Morris. His book Water Wings (1997) was also adapted and performed by Mary-Anne Fahey. Worry Warts (1992) and Second Childhood (1995) have had further adaptations and successful stage tours, and an adaptation of Boy Overboard (2002), the tale of an Afghan Child refugee's journey to Australia, was produced by the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2005. He is known for his tough subjects, presented in a humorous and offbeat style. On Free-eBooks.net , you can discover thousands of books categorised into sections like academic, fiction, children’s books, and even textbooks.

I decided to read the book "Then" by Morris Gleitzman because I had read the first book in the series "Once" at Intermediate School and really enjoyed it.

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