Always by Morris Gleitzman, Read by the Author

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Author Morris Gleitzman returns to narrate a well-paced, heartfelt final adventure featuring Felix Salinger in Always, the seventh installment of his series spanning WWII to the present day. AudioFile’s Robin Whitten tells host Jo Reed about the thrill of hearing Gleitzman narrate the work. Wassim, a biracial ten-year-old boy living with his uncle in Eastern Europe, turns to Felix, now in his 80s, for help in dealing with a group terrorizing his family. Alternating between Wassim’s and Felix’s points of view, Gleitzman’s comforting voice bolsters listeners as they encounter virulent injustice, racism, and other challenging subject matter.

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