{"product_id":"secondhand-michael-morpurgo-chapter-book-age-8-12-bargain-book-box-sp4023","title":"Secondhand Michael Morpurgo Chapter Book (Age 8-12) Bargain Book Box SP4023","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Michael Morpurgo Chapter Book (Age 8-12) Bargain Book Box SP4023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFifteen Michael Morpurgo novels, including \u003cem\u003ePrivate Peaceful\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Butterfly Lion\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFarm Boy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShadow\u003c\/em\u003e. War, animals, islands and grandfathers, told by the writer who gets nine-year-olds to cry on purpose and ask for more. Some covers may carry price stickers or sticker residue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe White Horse of Zennor and Other Stories — Michael Morpurgo — Five Cornish stories of mermaids, spectral horses and the sea. The one he wrote about the place he loves most.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLong Way Home — Michael Morpurgo — George is a foster kid who’s stopped expecting anywhere to stick, sent to a farm for the summer. Morpurgo’s first novel, and still one of his most honest.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Wreck of the Zanzibar — Michael Morpurgo — Laura’s diary of a year on the Scilly Isles: her twin leaves, the farm fails, and a wreck changes everything. Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDear Olly — Michael Morpurgo — A brother in Africa, a sister at home and the swallow that flies between them. Three voices, one of them a bird.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBilly the Kid — Michael Morpurgo — Eighty-year-old Billy, once a Chelsea footballer, remembers the war that took it away. Michael Foreman’s illustrations carry half of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Elephant in the Garden — Michael Morpurgo — Dresden, 1945: a family flees the firebombing with an elephant from the zoo. Based on a true story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShadow — Michael Morpurgo — An Afghan boy, an Army sniffer dog, and a journey that ends in a British detention centre. Morpurgo on a war still being fought.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sleeping Sword — Michael Morpurgo — A blind boy on the Scillies finds a sword in a sea cave, and it’s Excalibur. Arthurian legend handled with care.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Friend Walter — Michael Morpurgo — Bess meets a ghost in the Tower of London, and he’s Sir Walter Raleigh. He comes home with her. Smarties shortlist.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe War of Jenkins’ Ear — Michael Morpurgo — A boarding-school boy claims to be Jesus, and his friend has to decide whether to believe him. One of Morpurgo’s strangest and best.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFriend or Foe — Michael Morpurgo — Two evacuees find a crashed German bomber and the airmen who survived it. The moral problem is the whole book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWaiting for Anya — Michael Morpurgo — Occupied France: a shepherd boy helps smuggle Jewish children over the Pyrenees. Tense, and based on real events.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Butterfly Lion — Michael Morpurgo — A white lion cub in Africa, a boy sent to boarding school, and a chalk lion on a hillside. Smarties Prize winner; the ending is famous.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrivate Peaceful — Michael Morpurgo — Tommo waits through one night before dawn, telling his life and his brother’s. The book that gets the Great War into a ten-year-old. Blue Peter Book Award.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarm Boy — Michael Morpurgo — The sequel to War Horse: Joey’s story told a generation later by the grandson who inherits it. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50616371806427,"sku":"SP4023","price":75.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp4023.jpg?v=1791840063","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-michael-morpurgo-chapter-book-age-8-12-bargain-book-box-sp4023","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}