Farm Boy
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Format: Paperback, 112 pages, 129mm x 198mm, 60 g
Published: 2024, HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom
Genre: Children's Fiction
Interest Age: From 9 to 13 years
The extraordinary sequel to War Horse from the master storyteller
'If there are such things as contemporary classics, then this, surely, is one of them' Daily Mail
Joey was the last working horse on the farm, and the apple of Grandpa's eye. When Joey was sent away to be a warhorse in the First World War, Grandpa joined the cavalry in order to find Joey and fight with him.
Farm Boy brings us forward fifty years, as Grandpa tells his grandson all about Joey, and reveals a secret which he has kept to himself all these years...
Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of the UK's best-loved authors for children and young people. He was the third UK Children's Laureate and he has won the Children's Book Award, the Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. There have been many stage and screen adaptations of his books, including a major film and award-winning stage play based on War Horse. Michael also set up the charity Farms for City Children with his wife Clare.
The extraordinary sequel to War Horse from the master storyteller
'If there are such things as contemporary classics, then this, surely, is one of them' Daily Mail
Joey was the last working horse on the farm, and the apple of Grandpa's eye. When Joey was sent away to be a warhorse in the First World War, Grandpa joined the cavalry in order to find Joey and fight with him.
Farm Boy brings us forward fifty years, as Grandpa tells his grandson all about Joey, and reveals a secret which he has kept to himself all these years...
Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of the UK's best-loved authors for children and young people. He was the third UK Children's Laureate and he has won the Children's Book Award, the Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. There have been many stage and screen adaptations of his books, including a major film and award-winning stage play based on War Horse. Michael also set up the charity Farms for City Children with his wife Clare.