This is proven when Gracie father comes back to the island even though everyone thought he had been killed. Set against the backdrop of the First World War, in the tradition of Friend or Foe and Private Peaceful Michael Morpurgo brings the emotional reality of conflict to life in a way that is accessible to younger readers. One of the most successful children's authors in the country, and loved by children, teachers and parents alike.

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He won the 1995 Whitbread Children's Book Award for The Wreck of the Zanzibar, the 1996 Nestle Smarties Book Prize for The Butterfly Lion, and the 2000 Children's Book Award for Kensuke's Kingdom.

By now the force of the storm was spent and the wind had died, but the sea was still seething and angry. Overall I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to others younger than me and others around my age. A terrific page-turner set during World War One in which two children befriend a man who lives alone on an island in the Isles of Scilly. This book fits into the 'book that teaches you about another time in history' because it is set during World War Two.

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He has written over 150 books, including The Butterfly Lion, Kensuke’s Kingdom, Why the Whales Came, The Mozart Question, Shadow, and War Horse, which was adapted for a hugely successful stage production by the National Theatre and then, in 2011, for a film directed by Steven Spielberg. Set against the backdrop of the First World War, in the tradition of Friend or Foe and Private Peaceful, Michael Morpurgo brings the emotional reality of conflict to life in a way that is accessible to younger readers. Been on my TBR list for a while and picked it off the shelf on a whim one day - so glad I finally got round to it! His work will undoubtedly, like Peter Pan, stand the test of time, making him a truly worthy recipient of this award.

Sir Michael Andrew Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films. Michael has written more than forty books and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children's Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times. The story is interesting (even if you have read it before) and the characters are well done (I still cannot abide Big Tim). It can be used as a guided reading text, an assessment piece or as an introduction to the text in general. My favourite characters were the harmless and lonely Birdman and the strength of Gracie’s mother character.

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When I first opened the book, I had high expectations after reading the back page but found it most difficult to get into the book.Finally, the stranded whale is released back to where it came from and the islanders believe that the curse had been lifted.

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The Scilly Islands off the English coast provide the setting for this well-written historical novel … good readers will find this a memorable adventure, no less immediate for its setting in the past. He travels all over the UK and abroad talking to people of all ages at literary festivals, telling his stories and encouraging them to tell theirs.The Vocabu-Library resource from Vocabulary Ninja is a comprehensive vocabulary resource designed to unpick and explain the vocabulary found within classic and modern children’s literature.