A beautiful and magical collection of short stories by an author who writes like a dream. By turns gritty and gripping, spooky and funny, they will enchant Morpurgo’s many fans. Sofia is late for school when she sees tanks arrive in the village square. She manages to hide, only to witness horrific events… An abandoned owlet seems to be on the road to recovery when it is rescued and fed. But why is a large ginger cat so interested? And when a young Canadian comes to Britain to visit his ancestral home, who is the strange old man he meets at the house?

Product Details

Catalogue number

9348 in EU Primary Rewards Catalogue 2018/19

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781405233354

Publisher

Egmont Books Ltd

Date published

August 6th, 2007

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Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 5.4; Upper years; 6.0 points

Other details

176 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

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Author/Illustrator

Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo is a master storyteller, weaving captivating stories full of drama and intensity that are coming to be regarded as true classics. Exploring the most profound subjects with a light yet powerful touch, his books tell unforgettable stories in simple, direct words.

Michael Morpurgo discovered his talent for writing while working as a teacher. “We had to read the children a story every day and my lot were bored by the book I was reading. I decided I had to do something and told them the kind of story I used to tell my kids – it was like a soap opera, and they focused on it. I could see there was magic in it for them, and realised there was magic in it for me.”

Living in Devon, listening to Mozart, and working with children have provided most of the stimulae Michael needs to discover and write his stories. He spends about half his life mucking out sheds with the children, feeding sheep or milking cows; the other half he spends dreaming up and writing stories. “For me, the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out – the writing down of it I always find hard. But I love finishing it, then holding the book in my hand and sharing my dream with my readers.”