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Morris Gleitzman (born 9 January 1953) is a British-born Australian author of children's and young adult fiction. [1] He has gained recognition for sparking an interest in AIDS in his controversial novel Two Weeks with the Queen (1990). Gleitzman has co-written many children's series with another Australian children's author, Paul Jennings.
Bumface (ISBN 9780140387971) is a children's novel written by Australian author Morris Gleitzman [1] for readers age 10-12. First published in 1998 it has won several awards and is regularly named in polls as a favourite children's book in Australia.
Once is a 2005 children's novel by Australian author Morris Gleitzman. It is about a Jewish boy named Felix who lived in Poland and is on a quest to find his book-keeper parents after he sees Nazis burning the books from a Catholic orphanage where he lived for over three years. He finds a girl named Zelda, unconscious in a burning house with ...
Vin and Marge Shipley live above a fish and chip shop in South London, with their only son Keith.Things are tough in South London and Keith wants to make his misery guts parents smile again, so he buys a brilliantly coloured tropical fish from Australia.
Reviews for Toad Rage were positive, with Publishers Weekly describing the book as "saucy fun from start to finish". [2] The School Library Journal review notes the adventurous story and the colourful use of Australian slang (with a glossary in the back) as being key to a "hugely funny read". [3]
“I said, um, ‘Your sister was kidnapped,’” Theresa recalled. “They didn’t understand.” The family passed out fliers, did news interviews, anything they could to try and bring Teekah ...
Two Weeks with the Queen is a 1990 novel by Australian author Morris Gleitzman. [1] It focuses on a boy named Colin Mudford, who is sent to live with relatives in England, while his brother is being treated for cancer .
Written by English-born Australian writer Morris Gleitzman, it is the sequel to Blabber Mouth. The novel is set in Australia and follows the misadventures of a mute Australian girl called Rowena Batts (or Tonto for short). Sticky Beak won the CROW award in 1994. [2]