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A Country to Call Home by Lucy Popescu; Simon Armitage (Contribution by); Eoin Colfer (Contribution by); Michael Morpurgo (Contribution by); Chris Riddell (Contribution by); Kit de Waal (Contribution by)
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From the editor of A Country of Refugecomes an anthology of new writing on one of the defining issues of our time. Focusing on the fate of refugee children and young adults, it is aimed at children and adult readers alike, and features work from Michael Morpurgo, Eoin Colfer, Kit de Waal and Simon Armit ...Show more
A Medal for Leroy by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
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Inspired by the true story of Walter Tull, the first black officer in the British army. A new novel about identity and loss by bestselling award-winning author of WAR HORSE. Michael doesn't remember his father, an RAF pilot lost in the war. And his French mother, heartbroken and passionate, doesn't like ...Show more
A Medal for Leroy by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E
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Inspired by the true story of Walter Tull, the first black officer in the British army. A novel about families, identity and loss by bestselling award-winning author of WAR HORSE. Michael doesn't remember his father, an RAF pilot lost in the war. And his French mother, heartbroken and passionate, doesn' ...Show more
Alien Invasion: Mudpuddle Farm by Michael Morpurgo
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A charming series of adventures for younger readers, featuring a family of all sorts of animals that live in the farmyard behind the tumble-down barn on Mudpuddle Farm! Two fantastic stories in one volume! Martians at Mudpuddle Farm: Have Martians landed on Mudpuddle Farm? Farmer Rafferty seems to think ...Show more
Alone On A Wide Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo
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How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming new novel from the bestselling author of Private Peaceful There were dozens of us on the ship, all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying over our heads, calling good-bye...That is all I remember of England. W ...Show more
An Eagle in the Snow by Michael Morpurgo
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1940. Barney and his mother, their home destroyed by bombing, are travelling to the country when their train is forced to shelter in a tunnel from attacking German planes. There, in the darkness, a stranger on the train begins to tell them a story - a story about Bobby Byron, the most decorated soldier ...Show more
An Eagle in the Snow by Michael Morpurgo
Category: Junior Fiction
The powerful new novel from the master storyteller - inspired by the true story of one man who might have stopped World War II. 1940. The train is under attacks from German fighters. In the darkness, sheltering in a railway tunnel, the stranger in the carriage with Barney and his mother tells them a sto ...Show more
An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo illustrated by Michael Foreman
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A thrilling and moving novel about an extraordinary animal caught up in a very human war. It's 1944. Elizabeth's father is fighting with the German army on the Eastern Front. Her mother works at Dresden Zoo, where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. When the zoo director tells her ...Show more
Beauty and the Beast by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
Category: Children's
A captivating retelling of the nation's favourite fairy tale, from the nation's favourite storyteller, Michael Morpurgo. After encountering a fearsome beast at a mysterious palace, down-on-his-luck merchant Marco is forced to make a promise in exchange for his life: he must persuade one of his three dau ...Show more
Beauty and the Beast (With CD) by Michael Morpurgo, M.B.E.
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After encountering a fearsome beast at a mysterious palace, down-on-his-luck merchant Marco is forced to make a promise in exchange for his life: he must persuade one of his three daughters to return to the palace in his place - but she must come of her own free will. Complete with CD audiobook of the s ...Show more
Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo
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In fifth-century Denmark, a murderous monster stalks the night, and only the great prince of the Geats has the strength and courage to defeat him. Beowulf's terrifying quest to destroy Grendel, the foul fiend, a hideous sea-hag and a monstrous fire-dragon is the oldest surviving epic in British literatu ...Show more