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The Wreck of the Zanzibarrara First edition Author Michael Morpurgo Language English Genre Historical novel Publication date 1995 Publication place United Kingdom Media type Print (Hardcck & Paperback) ISBN 978-1-4052-3336-1 OCLC 137221891 The Wreck Of The Zanzibar is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published Great Britain by William Heinemann Publishers in 1995. The book ...
Media type. Print (paperback) Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea is a book by Michael Morpurgo, first published in 2006 by HarperCollins. It was inspired by the history of English orphans transported to Australia after World War II. The book's title is taken from a line in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. [1] The book was a Carnegie Medal Nominee in 2008.
Private Peaceful Cover of first edition Author Michael Morpurgo Language English Genre War novel, children's novel Published 2003 Publisher HarperCollins Publication place United Kingdom Pages 185 ISBN 978-0-00-715006-9 OCLC 534265686765 Private Peaceful is a novel for older children by British author Michael Morpurgo first published in 2003. It is about a fictional young soldier called Thomas ...
First edition. Why the Whales Came is a children's story written by Michael Morpurgo [1] and first published in 1985 by William Heinemann (UK) and Scholastic (US). [2] It is set on the island of Bryher, one of the Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall, in the year 1914. It was adapted into the 1989 film When the Whales Came.
Michael Morpurgo. Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo OBE FRSL FKC DL (né Bridge; 5 October 1943) [1] is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", [2] for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or ...
War Horse is a British war novel by Michael Morpurgo.It was first published in Great Britain by Kaye & Ward in 1982. The story recounts the experiences of Joey, a horse bought by the Army for service in World War I in France and the attempts of 15-year-old Albert, his previous owner, to bring him safely home.
978-1405201940. OCLC. 429021819. Kensuke's Kingdom is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Michael Foreman. Following a fictionalised version of Morpurgo as he is stranded on a desert island as a child, it was first published in 1999 [1] by Egmont UK. It was subsequently released by various other publishers, such as Scholastic.
Waiting for Anya is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo, first published in Great Britain in 1990, by William Heinemann. It is set in Lescun, in a mountainous region of southern France on the border with Spain. [1] It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. [2] It was adapted as a film of the same title released in 2020.