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Jan 9, 1953 — —· 73 yrs

AUSTRALIA AUTHOR · CHILDREN · FICTION

Morris Gleitzman

Also known as: MORRIS GLEITZMAN, Morris;Gleitzman Gleitzman

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Morris Gleitzman (born 9 January 1953) is an Australian author of children's and young adult fiction. He has gained recognition for sparking an interest in AIDS in his novel Two Weeks with the Queen (1990). He has co-written many children's series with another Australian children's author, Paul Jennings. One of Gleitzman and Jennings's collaborations, the Wicked! book series, was adapted into an animated series in 2000.

Sleaford, Australia
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She sat in a tower room.

— from Wicked, 2005

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#1

Toad Rage (Down to Earth)

1999

4.0 (1)

Children's novel set in Australia. Limpy the cane toad worries that humans don't like his species, even driving over them on purpose sometimes. So he sets out on a quest to improve the relations between humans and cane toads.

#2

Boy Overboard

2002

4.0 (6)

Jamal dreams of playing soccer in the World Cup even though he lives in a country where children are not allowed to play the game. When the family is forced to flee their homeland, Jamal and his sister Bibi are separated from their parents and must continue the perilous journey alone with other refugees on a leaking boat. Jamal's chances of landing in Australia and finding his parents seem hopeless when the food runs out and pirates come aboard. This story is not about an actual family but the author has written it with help from people who told him of their own dangerous journeys

#3

Two Weeks With the Queen

2002

0.0 (0)

A humorous but deeply moving story about Colin who refuses to believe that his younger brother is dying of cancer and decides to take things into his own hands. Colin decides to go to the top for help, none other than the Queen. Colin's efforts to penetrate the British establishment are hilarious, surprising and doomed to failure, but although Colin can't find a cure for cancer, he does find a way to help some of the new friends he makes, as well as discovering the best thing he can do for Luke.

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