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Alone on a Wide Wide Sea Michael Morpurgo

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea By Michael Morpurgo

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 new novel from the bestselling author of Private Peaceful

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea Summary

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo

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 ages, boys and girls, and we were all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying over our heads, calling good-bye, I thought they were waving good-bye. None of us spoke. It was a grey day with drizzle in the air, the great sad cranes bowing to the ship from the docks as we steamed past. That is all I remember of England...

When orphaned Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after WW II he loses his sister, his country and everything he knows. The coming years will test him to his limits, as he endures mistreatment, neglect and forced labour in the Australian outback. But Arthur is also saved, again and again, by his love of the sea. And when he meets a nurse whose father owns a boat-building business, all the pieces of his broken life come together.

Now, at the end of his life, Arthur has built a special boat for his daughter Allie, whose love of the sea is as strong and as vital as her father's. Now Allie has a boat that will take her to England solo, across the world's roughest seas, in search of her father's long-lost sister... Will the threads of Arthur's life finally come together?

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea Reviews

Lyrical and moving, it is one of the former Children's Laureate's best books for years. Amanda Craig, The Times

His best book in years... I was completely hooked. Kate Kellaway, The Observer Review

A powerful story. The Guardian Children's Books Supplement

`Executed with Morpurgo's distinctive flair. His language remains beautifully clean and clear.' Waterstone's Books Quarterly

[A] very satisfying read... The masterful writing makes the characters come to life on the page... I'm recommending this to adult friends as well as teenagers. Books for Keeps

Michael Morpurgo strikes gold... this is a life-rewarding novel. Angels & Urchins

This is storytelling at its best. Primary Times

Incredibly moving, harrowing and completely unputdownable. A first class story that brings history alive. My Child magazine

Completely unputdownable. Families Magazine

About Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best-loved writers for children, and has sold more than 35 million books around the world. He has written more than 150 novels and won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Whitbread Award and the Blue Peter Book Award, while several of his books have been adapted for stage and screen, including the global theatrical phenomenon War Horse. Michael was Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005, and founded the charity Farms for City Children with his wife, Clare. He was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.

Additional information

GOR010513560
9780007230563
0007230567
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo
Used - Like New
Hardback
HarperCollins Publishers
20060904
320
Short-listed for Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Children's Book of the Year 2007
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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