But just over a century ago, it was reality: Back in the 1920s, the nation - even much of the rural West - was crisscrossed with rail lines that carried ore, timber, cattle and people to central rail hubs, where they could then continue onward to almost anywhere in the U.S. Such car-free travel might sound like the futuristic fantasy of a public transit geek, and, at the moment, that’s what it is. Once you arrive, you hop on a streetcar that ferries you to your final destination.
We recommend reading Morris Gleitzman’s Once series in order, or at least starting with Felix’s story in book one.Imagine walking out the front door in, say, El Vado, New Mexico, Thermopolis, Wyoming, or even Lakeview, Oregon, strolling down to the depot, boarding a train and settling in for a trip to San Francisco, Denver, Chicago - even New York City. In the last two books - Now and Always- we meet Felix’s grandson as the elderly man faces up to his past. In the following books in the series, we journey with Felix throughout the war and in the aftermath, as he experiences huge losses and hopes for happiness. He soon learns that Poland in 1942 is not a safe place for Jewish boys, but can his gift for storytelling keep him one step ahead of the Nazis and help him find his parents? After all, everybody deserves to have something good in their life at least once. The series starts with Once - the story of ten-year-old Felix, on the run from his orphanage to search for his parents. Suitable for readers 10+, these poignant stories handle the atrocities of the Holocaust sensitively and with grace. The books tell the story of a family's hope, courage and trauma, from 1942 to the present day. Once by Morris Gleitzman is a powerful series of novels about Felix - a Jewish orphan caught in the middle of the Holocaust.
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