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(2) 4-6 Gleitzman's third book about Felix (Once; Then) takes the boy decades and miles away from where we last saw him. Now eighty and living near Melbourne, he's temporarily caring for his granddaughter Zelda. The "Black Saturday" bushfires provide the appeal of a survival story, and Zelda is a credible narrator whose feelings and actions propel the story, which is equally hers and Felix's.

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