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Dear Olly
Olly’s brother Matt has always wanted to be a clown, and when he sees the pain of Africa’s orphaned children, he decides to go and help them, bringing them laughter. Behind him, Matt leaves his family and his heartbroken sister, Olly.
Olly misses Matt desperately. Then she finds an orphaned baby starling in the garden, and names him Hero. But Hero has to make his own long and perilous flight to Africa, to join the other swallows there…
The three stories of Olly, Hero and Matt are woven into one powerful and moving novel which explores the horror of war and loss, but celebrates the endurance of the human spirit.
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LilHellokitty
8 March 2010
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Its a very sad story but it makes you think about children who have nothing. Good Book and really interesting.
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29 September 2009
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It looks gr8 i have never seen this book before but i would like to rade it!!!!!!!!=)
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17 January 2009
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Dear Olly is about a girl named Olly whos brother runs away to Africa to help look after sick people. I would definatly recomend this book to EVERYONE IN THE WORLD!!
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Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo has written over 100 books for children, and has won a multitude of awards as well as serving as Children’s Laureate from 2003-2005.
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Michael was the Children’s Laureate 2003-2005, and has won many awards including The Whitbread Prize For The Wreck of the Zanzibar, the Smarties prize for The Butterfly Lion and the Blue Peter Award for Private Peaceful.
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