Look insideMichael Morpurgo War Fiction Pair
Gripping war stories from a master of the genre, which show how good and evil are never black and white. In his remarkable and celebrated Private Peaceful, Michael Morpurgo recreates the horror of the First World War trenches. Through the eyes of a young soldier, Tommo Peaceful, he brings to life the forgotten fate of the soldiers shot for cowardice in the Great War. The action moves forward to World War II in Friend and Foe, in which two young evacuees, David and Tucky, stumble across a crashed German bomber plane. The boys expect to hate the airmen inside. But things get complicated when one of them saves David’s life…
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Recent reviews
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These books really make you think what it must have been like back then.
9 March 2013
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He is a brillent Author and his war books are great.
4 March 2012
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It was an amazing book really makes you think of the past!!
1 December 2011
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i have read private peaceful and it is another prize of michael morpurgo
10 November 2011
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Authors
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Michael Morpurgo
Master storyteller 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.
Awards
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 the Blue Peter Award for Private Peaceful and the Red House award for Shadow.
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