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Alone on a Wide Wide Sea

By Michael Morpurgo
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How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming novel from the nation’s favourite storyteller ‘Michael Morpurgo’s best book in years’ Observer When six-year-old Arthur is shipped to Australia after the Second World War, he loses everything he knows. Subjected to brutal hardship on... Read More
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Alone on a Wide Wide Sea

How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming novel from the nation’s favourite storyteller

A heartwarming children’s story of a family separated by war

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How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming novel from the nation’s favourite storyteller

‘Michael Morpurgo’s best book in years’ Observer

When six-year-old Arthur is shipped to Australia after the Second World War, he loses everything he knows. Subjected to brutal hardship on a working farm before finding a home with the eccentric Aunty Megs, Arthur is eventually called back to the sea.

Now Arthur has built a yacht for his daughter, Allie, who is determined to sail to England to find her father’s long-lost sister. Will love stretch across time and oceans and reveal how Arthur’s life began?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008638733

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 August 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Audience: Primary and secondary education, Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

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.

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