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Morris Gleitzman

5 stars across 96 books

Morris Gleitzman was born in Lincolnshire and moved to Australia in his teens. He worked as a paperboy, a shelf-stacker, a frozen chicken de-froster, an assistant to a fashion designer and more before taking a degree in Professional Writing at Canberra College and becoming a writer. He has written for TV, stage, newspapers and magazines but is best-known for his hugely succesful children's books including Two Weeks with the Queen, Bumface, Boy Overboard and Girl Underground.

Once

23rd February 2006

Once

Once by Morris Gleitzman is the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanage he lives in ... More

(13 reviews)

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Soon

6th August 2015

Soon

Soon is the latest powerfully moving addition to Morris Gleitzman's bestselling Second World War series about Feli... More

(6 reviews)

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Then

1st January 2009

Then

In Then - Morris Gleitzman's heartbreaking children's novel set during the Nazi occupation of Poland during the Se... More

(5 reviews)

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Two Weeks with the Queen

4th March 1999

Two Weeks with the Queen

'I need to see the Queen about my sick brother.' Colin Mudford is on a quest. His brother Luke has cancer and the... More

(3 reviews)

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After

2nd August 2012

After

After is the fourth shocking, funny and heartbreaking book in Morris Gleitzman's Second World War series. Aft... More

(3 reviews)

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Boy Overboard

27th June 2002

Boy Overboard

(2 reviews)

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Too Small To Fail

4th August 2011

Too Small To Fail

1 boy. 1 girl. 1 camel. Squillions of dollars. A plan that can't fail. Or can it? Oliver's pa... More

(1 review)

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Give Peas A Chance

7th August 2008

Give Peas A Chance

Give fun a chance! Surprise your mum with a chainsaw, be a bigger star than Tom Cruise, save the world with a plate of v... More

(1 review)

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Wicked!

5th March 2002

Wicked!

(1 review)

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Toad Delight

6th July 2017

Toad Delight

Cane toads are Public Enemy Number One to most Australians. Limpy the cane toad is on a quest to improve their image - a... More

(1 review)

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Give Peas A Chance

by Louse

This was a selection of 12 really short stories.
So stories were better than others.
The one I liked best was the story of the vegetables ...
Toad Delight

by istayte

I liked this book because one of the toads was funny. One toad was trying to make humans love them as humans deliberately killed the toads and I didn'...
After

by rjriley7

After finishing ‘Then’ I dived straight in to ‘After’ – which I haven’t yet shared with my class. ‘After’ picks up where ‘Then’ left off but is actual...