War Horse Award-winning author by Michael Morpurgo (author) (UK edition)

This special edition of War Horse commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the beginning of the First World War, and features a brand new introduction by Michael Morpurgo and cover artwork by Rae Smith, designer of the National Theatre’s production of War Horse. In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back, Joey tells a powerful story of the truest friendships surviving in terrible times. One horse has the seen the best and the worst of humanity. The power of war and the beauty of peace. This is his story. From Michael Morpurgo, former children’s laureate, comes this thrilling and epic tale of one horse’s journey through the trenches of the First World War. War Horse was adapted by Steven Spielberg as a major motion picture, and shown on stage in London’s West End and on Broadway.

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781405271882

Publisher

Egmont Books Ltd

Date published

July 31st, 2014

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo is a master storyteller, weaving captivating stories full of drama and intensity that are coming to be regarded as true classics. Exploring the most profound subjects with a light yet powerful touch, his books tell unforgettable stories in simple, direct words.

Michael Morpurgo discovered his talent for writing while working as a teacher. “We had to read the children a story every day and my lot were bored by the book I was reading. I decided I had to do something and told them the kind of story I used to tell my kids – it was like a soap opera, and they focused on it. I could see there was magic in it for them, and realised there was magic in it for me.”

Living in Devon, listening to Mozart, and working with children have provided most of the stimulae Michael needs to discover and write his stories. He spends about half his life mucking out sheds with the children, feeding sheep or milking cows; the other half he spends dreaming up and writing stories. “For me, the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out – the writing down of it I always find hard. But I love finishing it, then holding the book in my hand and sharing my dream with my readers.”

Reviews

Emma
on 30 October 2014

very good

Very good book . Can't stop reading it ! This hardworking horse in ww1 .

4out of 5

What kids think

chattymat
on 12 December 2014

I love this book. It is a brilliant story of Albert and his horse Joey and Joey has to help the war and Albert joins the war in search of joey. It is very sad.

5out of 5
Flintdolphin27
on 22 June 2014

This book is awesome! It tells you the life of a hardworking horse in the 1WW.

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War Horse Award-winning author by Michael Morpurgo (author) (UK edition)