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Michael Morpurgo 8 Books Collection Box Set (Series 2) Description From Hereabout Hill A spell-binding collection of short stories from War Horse author and former Children's Laureate; Michael Morpurgo.
Included in this collection of short stories is a poignant tale about civil war; wherein a young girl hides from enemy soldiers in a public toilet; a haunting story of a little girl swept out to sea while collecting cowrie shells; and the moving account of two brothers; who; over the years; create a mental picture of their absent father.
Explore friendship; love; revenge; life and death in these tales from the master storyteller behind An Eagle in the Snow; Listen to the Moon; Private Peaceful; and An Elephant in the Garden.
Michael has written more than one hundred books for children and won the Whitbread Award; the Smarties Award; the Circle of Gold Award; the Childrens Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.
Little Foxes Little Foxes is a spellbinding animal story from War Horse author and former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.
Bullied at school; nagged in Aunty May's tenth-floor council flat; there's 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 .
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The Nine Lives of Montezuma The charming tales of one mischievous cat from War Horse author and former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.
A cat's nine lives are full of adventure and excitement and none more so than Montezuma; the farmyard cat.
From a young kitten to a grand old cat; he is cunning and proud while establishing his kingdom; but to Matthew; he's always loving and adorable.
My Friend Walter Living with a ghost can have its difficulties; I discovered; even if he is your friend.
Remember Sir Walter Raleigh; who laid his cloak in a puddle so that Queen Elizabeth I could walk across.
Well; Bess meets his ghost and finds out hes an ancestor.
How will Bess explain Sir Walter to her family.
Especially when he breaks her brothers fishing rod; steals a horse and smokes cigars in her room!A charming and hilarious story of friendship between different eras 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.
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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.
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