Homecoming by Sir Michael Morpurgo

Homecoming by Sir Michael Morpurgo

A tender, lyrical tale with conservational themes. Presented as a new gift edition with jacket, with evocative illustrations by Peter Bailey. Master storyteller Michael Morpurgo revisits the landscape of memories, the idyllic village of Bradwell, his childhood home fifty years before. The seaside village is peopled by quirky characters such as the three Stebbing sisters, the white moustachioed Colonel Burton and Bennie the village thug. But the heroine of this story is the serene Mrs Pettigrew, who lives in a railway carriage down in the marshes with her dogs, donkey, bees and hens and befriends the young Michael. Industrial reality intrudes, however, when plans are made to build a nuclear power station on the marshes, endangering Mrs Pettigrew's home and the gulls, kestrels and thousands of insects and plants that also belong there. A village battle ensues for and against the power station, and the young Michael finds himself caught up in the sad fate of Mrs Pettigrew and the landscape of his boyhood.

Amid the tears are sweet illustrations, a deep vein of humanity and very grown-up lessons about “progress” * Observer *
It is a story which relates strongly to environmental issues of today and is written with all Michael Morpurgo's usual sensitivity and insightA book to treasure, with Peter Bailey's wonderfully evocative illustrations perfectly complementing the story. * Parentsintouch.co.uk *
A gentle, heart-warming story * Parentsintouch.co.uk *
beautifully evocative of the wide open landscape of the essex marshes and the simple but sustainable lifestyle of Mrs Pettigrew * The School Librarian *
Both beautifully written and utterly compelling… just too poignant and moving to put down. * Inis *

Michael Morpurgo was 2003-2005 Children's Laureate, has written over one hundred books and is the winner of many awards, including the Whitbread Children's Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize, the Blue Peter Award and the Red House Children's Book Award. His books are translated and read around the world and his hugely popular novel War Horse, already a critically acclaimed stage play, is now a successful film. Michael and his wife, Clare, founded the charity Farms for City Children and live in Devon. Peter Bailey has been illustrating books for over forty years and has worked with many of today’s best-known authors, including Philip Pullman, Dick King-Smith and Allan Ahlberg. Of working on Homecoming, he says, “I’ve really enjoyed illustrating this story. It’s about time passing and the changes that one sees from childhood to adulthood - and about meeting early on someone who influences you for the rest of your life.” Peter lives near Liverpool with his wife, Sian, who is also an illustrator.

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ISBN 13	9781406332025
ISBN 10	140633202X
Title	Homecoming
Author	Sir Michael Morpurgo
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Walker Books Ltd
Year published	2012-04-05
Number of pages	80
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