Michael Morpurgo 16 Book Collection Key FeaturesTitle | Michael Morpurgo 16 Book Collection | Author | Michael Morpurgo | Media | Paperback | SKU | BB-SRI | RRP |
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Titles in this collection Little Foxes Running Wild Friend or Foe Twist of Gold The Gost of Grania OMalley My Friend Walter Shadow Little Manfred Alone on a Wide wide Sea Billy the Kid Farm Boy An Elephant in the Garden The dancing bear The war of Jenkins Ear The white horse of Zennor Waiting for Anya
Little Foxes
From master storyteller Michael Morpurgo comes Little Foxes. Bullied at school, nagged in Aunty Mays tenth floor council flat, theres only one place Billy really feels alive in the wilderness by the canal. There he watches a cygnet on the water and protects a family of fox cubs. Then his secret place is discovered and the fox family decimated. Unwanted and unloved, Billy and the last fox run for their lives.
My Friend Walter
This is an exciting ghostly adventure by a much loved, award winning author. Remember Sir Walter Raleigh who laid his cloak in a puddle for Queen Elizabeth I to walk across. Well, Bess meets his ghost and finds out hes her ancestor. Hows she going to explain him to her family, especially when he breaks her brothers fishing rod, steals a horse and smokes cigars in her room. Will Sir Walter wreak havoc or save her familys home.
The War of Jenkins Ear
Michael Morpurgo is a master storyteller, former Childrens Laureate and multi award winner. This is a fresh reissue of a much loved story with a beautiful new cover. Toby Jenkins hates going to Redlands Boarding School he gets called Jinks and thinks hell never make the top rugby team. But then, he meets Christopher who claims to have powers. Christopher promises Toby a miracle. When Toby goes fishing he crosses to the other side even though he knows it belongs to the villagers. The village boys catch Toby and beat him up, injuring his ear. Thus, the war of Jenkins ear begins with all out sticks and stones battles. Will Christopher be able to provide much needed miracle.
The Ghost of Grania OMalley
From master storyteller Michael Morpurgo comes The Ghost of Grania O Malley. Everyone knows the Big Hill is full of gold, and now the islanders are intent on cutting the top off it and making themselves rich. Jessie and Jake are determined to save the Big Hill but what can they do. A plan is needed, and fast. Could the ghost of Grania OMalley, the pirate queen, be the answer. You dont know what you can do until you try.
Waiting for Anya
This is a gripping historical adventure by a much loved and award winning author. It is World War II and Jo stumbles on a dangerous secret: Jewish children are being smuggled away from the Nazis, close to his mountain village in Spain. Now, German soldiers have been stationed at the border. Jo must get word to his friends that the children are trapped. The slightest mistake could cost them their lives.
The Dancing Bear
A gentle and deeply moving story of a young girl and her bear, told with great charm by a master storyteller.High in the mountains, in a tiny village, an abandoned bear cub is adopted by a lonely orphan child. Soon they are inseparable, beloved by the whole village safe, until the arrival of a glamorous film crew who need a dancing bear.
White Horse of Zennor
Since the beginning of time, strange and mysterious things have happened here.At the furthest edge of Britain, where the sea gently washes over the land and myths brush against reality, lies Zennor. Set in a churchtown where men become beats and ghosts roam freely, these are haunting and unforgettable tales where magic lies around every corner.
Friend or Foe
From master storyteller Michael Morpurgo comes Friend or Foe. Evacuated from London, David and Tucky feel like the war is a long way away from their new life in the countryside. Then one night the skyline of the moor is lit up with gun flashes, and the distant crump of bombing miles away brings the war back to them and shatters their new found peace. When a German bomber crashes, the boys feel they should hate the airmen inside. But one of them saves Davids life.
Twist of Gold
This work takes the reader on an epic journey through famine, hope and survival by a much-loved, award winning author. Sean and Annie have one chance to escape the potato famine and plague in Ireland. They survive a shipwreck and land safely in America searching for their father. But their new land is one of hardship and they live in poverty on the streets of Boston. However, their adventure is just beginning.they live on a steamboat and then join pioneers travelling across the prairies. Their music and dancing bring joy to all they meet, but their family torc brings both blessings and curses and thieves prowl to get hold of it. Annie and Sean must hang on to their torc their familys survival depends on it.
Billy the Kid
Billy was a champion soccer star, playing for Chelsea in the 1930s. But that was before war broke out.Billy the Kid is told through the voice of an 80 year old man, who looks back on his life as Chelseas champion striker until the outbreak of war in 1939 and on through his subsequent life. Billy joins Chelsea as a football apprentice, rises through the reserves to become a real champion. His passion for football sees him through the war years even as a prisoner of war he organises a friendly against the Italians but, having been injured by a mine he cannot play for Chelsea on his return to England. Billy turns to vagrancy and alcohol and for years he wanders up and down the country. He re settles in London in a derelict house and is befriended by a family who move him to a shed in their garden. He, in turn, helps their son with his football who in his turn becomes a Chelsea player. Billy becomes a Chelsea Pensioner and his 80th birthday is celebrated when Chelsea play at home. A novel for both children and adults which deals with some difficult issues. Michael Morpurgo’s storytelling is superb and this will be a welcome follow up to the previous Morpurgo/Foreman collaboration Farm Boy.
An Elephant in the Garden
A thrilling and moving novel about an extraordinary animal caught up in a very human war, for anyone who loved The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips or The Butterfly Lion.By the award winning former Childrens Laureate and author of War Horse.Dresden, 1945. Elizabeth and Karlis mother works at the zoo, where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. Then the zoo director tells her that the dangerous animals including the elephants must be shot before the town is bombed. Unable to give Marlene up, their mother moves her into the back garden to save her and then the bombs start to fall.Their home destroyed, the whole family must flee the bombed out city and through the perilous, snow covered landscape, all the while avoiding the Russian troops who are drawing ever closer. It would be hard enough to do, without an elephant in tow.
Farm Boy
The magical sequel to War Horse, soon to be a major motion picture.Joey was the last working horse on the farm, and the apple of Grandpa’s eye. In War Horse, Joey was sent away from the farm to be a warhorse in WWI. Grandpa had joined the cavalry in order to find, and fight, with Joey. Farm Boy brings us forward fifty years with Grandpa not only telling his grandson, Joeys story but also a shameful secret which he has held for years.The story is set in Iddesleigh in Devon and lovingly evokes the bonds between farm and farmer; grandson and grandfather. The spirit of rural life is superbly captured in both Michael Morpurgos writing and Michael Foreman’s illustrations. An irresistible title from acclaimed author illustrator partnership.
Little Manfred
The heart lifting, heartbreaking new story by Michael Morpurgo, the nations favourite storyteller.In the Imperial War Museum is a wooden Dachshund, carved by a German prisoner of war for the children of the British family with which he stayed after the fighting ended. This is the story of how it got there.When the Bismarck sinks, one of the only German survivors is taken on board a British ship as a prisoner of war. Sent to live with a host family, Walter must adapt to a new way of life, in the heart of an enemy country. Gradually, though, he finds a friend in ten year old Grace. So when the time finally comes to go back to Germany, its an emotional parting, with Walter leaving Grace with only a carved wooden dog to remember him by. The question is, will Walter and Grace ever meet again. In 1966, with the World Cup coming to Britain, that opportunity may just have come along.
Shadow
A powerful novel from Michael Morpurgo, the nations favourite storyteller.Never have Aman and his mother needed a friend more than when a Springer Spaniel appears thin and war ravaged in the mouth of their Afghan cave. Nursed back to health by Aman, the dog becomes a constant companion, a shadow, and thats what Aman decides to call her.But life in Afghanistan becomes more dangerous by the moment. Eventually, Aman, his mother and Shadow find the courage to embark upon the treacherous journey from war torn Afghanistan to the safely of a relatives home in Manchester, England.But how far can Shadow lead them. And in this terrifying new world, is anywhere really safe.
Running Wild
The epic and heart-rending jungle adventure from the nations favourite storyteller, now available in paperback.For Will and his mother, going to Indonesia isnt just a holiday. Its an escape, a new start, a chance to put things behind them things like the death of Will's father.And to begin with, it seems to be just what they both needed. But then Oona, the elephant Will is riding on the beach, begins acting strangely, shying away from the sea. And thats when the tsunami comes crashing in, and Oona begins to run. Except that when the tsunami is gone, Oona just keeps on running.With nothing on his back but a shirt and nothing to sustain him but a bottle of water, Will must learn to survive deep in the jungle. Luckily, though, he's not completely alone.
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