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Number of Pages
299
Age Group
All
Language
English
Piracy Free
Secure Transactions
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Eco‑Conscious Packaging
Book Summary
An unforgettable tale of struggle, adventure and hope from War Horse author and former Childrens Laureate, Michael Morpurgo.‘There’s a plague, a fever, call it what you will, sweeping this country, and it’s coming closer all the time.’Sean and Annie have one chance to escape the potato famine and plague in Ireland. They survive a shipwreck and land safely in America searching for their father. But their new land is one of hardship and they live in poverty on the streets of Boston. However, their adventure is just beginning.Sean and Annie have one chance to escape the potato famine in Ireland, but they must leave their dying mother behind. They travel in search or their father, across rough seas and shipwrecks, to a new land of hardship and poverty: America. The streets of Boston are not quite lined with gold as the stories say. It’s a long and dangerous trip, but their family’s survival depends on it. And the journey there is only the beginning …Twist of Gold is an unforgettable tale of struggle, adventure and hope from War Horse author and former Childrens Laureate, Michael Morpurgo.Michael Morpurgo has written more than one hundred books for children 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.
Product Details
Author
Michael Morpurgo
Publisher
Harper Collins
Number of Pages
299
Language
English
ISBN
9780008640880
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
12.9 x 2.2 x 19.8 cm
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Michael Morpurgo Is One Of Britain'S Best-Loved Children'S Book Writers. He Has Written More Than 100 Books And Has Won The Smarties Prize, The Whitbread Award, And Most Recently The Blue Peter Book Award For Private Peaceful. He Is Also The Author Of War Horse, Which Has Been Made Into A Tony Award-Winning Broadway Play And A Golden Globe-Nominated Film. Michael Was Writer In Residence At The Savoy Hotel From January To March 2007, And Previously He Was Children'S Laureate From 2003-2005, A Role That Took Him Across Britain To Inspire A Love Of Reading In Children. You Can Visit Him Online At Www.Michaelmorpurgo.Com. Photo By Georges Seguin (Okki) (English: Own Work Franais : Photo Personnelle) [Gfdl (Http://Www.Gnu.Org/Copyleft/Fdl.Html) Or Cc By-Sa 3.0 (Http://Creativecommons.Org/Licenses/By-Sa/3.0)], Via Wikimedia Commons. "Michael Morpurgo Obe Is One Of Britain'S Best Loved Writers For Children, With Sales Of Over 35 Million Copies. He Has Written Over 150 Books, Has Served As Children’S Laureate, And Has Won Many Prizes, Including The Smarties Prize, The Writers Guild Award, The Whitbread Award, The Blue Peter Book Award And The Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With His Wife, Clare, He Is The Co-Founder Of Farms For City Children. Michael Was Knighted In 2018 For Services To Literature And Charity. Michael Foreman Is One Of The World’S Best-Loved Children’S Book Illustrators. He Has Written And Illustrated A Vast Range Of Books And Has Collaborated With Many Leading Children’S Authors Including Michael Morpurgo And Terry Jones. His Own Books Include The Classics War Boy And War Game, Winners Of The Kate Greenaway Award And Smarties Book Prize Respectively."