Michael Morpurgo

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation's favourite storyteller.

How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming new novel from the bestselling author of Private Peaceful

"There were dozens of us on the ship, all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying over our heads, calling good-bye...
That is all I remember of England."

When six-year-old orphan Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after WWII he loses his sister, his country and everything he knows. Overcoming enormous hardships with fellow orphan Marty, Arthur is finally saved by the extraordinary people he meets and by his talent for boat-design and sailing. Now he has built a special boat for his daughter Allie - a solo yacht designed to carry her to England in search of his long-lost sister. Will the threads of Arthur's life finally come together?

"I was there on the quayside to see Allie take her out for the first time, saw her dancing through the waves, and I knew I'd never built a finer boat."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Altersempfehlung: ab 10 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780007369980
• Artikelnr.: 39855811

Autorenporträt

Sir Michael Morpurgo OBE FRSL FKC DL is a writer, playwright, performer and librettist. The author of more than 150 children's books, he has sold over 35 million copies worldwide and in almost 40 languages. A former teacher and vocal spokesperson for the benefits of reading for pleasure, he is currently the President of Book Trust. Between 2003-2005 he was Children's Laureate and in 2018 he was knighted for services to literature and charity. Many of Michael's books have been adapted for stage and screen, including the phenomenal National Theatre adaptation of War Horse, which has been seen by over 10 million people in over 100 cities around the world, broke the West End record for weekly ticket sales, and won 5 Tony Awards and 2 Olivier Awards. Michael is also the co-founder, with his wife Clare, of the charity Farms for City Children.