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Michael Morpurgo was 2003–2005 Children's Laureate, has
written over 100 books and is the winner of many awards, including
the Whitbread Children's Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize, the
Blue Peter Award and the Red House Children's Book Award. His books
are translated and read around the world and his hugely popular
novel War Horse is now both a critically acclaimed stage play and a
highly successful film. Michael and his wife, Clare, live in Devon.
Visit Michael's website at www.michaelmorpurgo.com.
Gemma O’Callaghan is an illustrator and printmaker. While
studying for her Masters degree at Anglia Ruskin University she
discovered her love for screen printing, which has continued into
her professional work. Gemma lives and works in Nottingham; this is
her first book for children. www.gemma-ocallaghan.co.uk
…a beautiful book with a serious, downbeat subject…
*The School Librarian*
Moving and beautifully written, this perceptive short story does
not hide from the truth but approaches it with empathy, making for
a really moving succinctly told tale.
*Parents in Touch*
Unflinching and deeply poignant tale of the physical and mental
scars of war.
*The Bookseller Children's Buyer's Guide*
This graphic, fictional story, simply and effectively illustrated
by Gemma O’Callaghan, will show the 11-plus who read it not only
how terrible it was to be so injured, but also what the
consequences of such injuries were.
*Newbury Weekly News*
Revered storyteller, Michael Morpurgo remembers the post-war
Britain of his childhood in this unflinching and deeply poignant
tale of the physical and mental scars of war, featuring beautiful
illustrations from new talent, Gemma O’Callaghan.
*Surrey Advertiser*
This book is very accessible to young readers […] It confronts
difficult issues about the effects of war and also how we relate to
people who have been damaged. The simple, direct prose strips
events and emotions back in a way that removes any sentimentality
and allows children to empathise with all of the characters.
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