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Waiting for Anya by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$17.99 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle
It is World War II and Jo stumbles on a dangerous secret: Jewish children are being smuggled away from the Nazis, close to his mountain village in Spain. Now, German soldiers have been stationed at the border. Jo must get word to his friends that the children are trapped. The slightest mistake could cos ...Show more
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo, M.B.E.
$14.95 NZD
$17.99 (16% off)
Category: Fiction - YA
Sold to a drunken farmer, Joey, a beautiful red-bay foal with a distinctive cross on his nose, finds a friend in the farmer's son, Albert. His father brutally demands Joey work or be sold, so Albert gently trains him to pull the plough. But it's not enough. When war breaks out, Albert's father, needy fo ...Show more
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo, M.B.E.
$14.95 NZD
$17.99 (16% off)
Category: Fiction - middle
It is 1914 and in England Albert is growing up on a Devon farm with his young horse Joey. In Germany Friedrich works in his butcher's shop. In France, Emilie and her brothers play in their orchard. But the clouds of war are on the horizon and soon they will be drawn into the nightmare of battle.
War : Stories of Conflict by Michael Morpurgo
$16.95 NZD
$19.99 (15% off)
Category: Short stories - children
A superb collection of new stories from acclaimed children's writers, compiled by former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.
We are Not Frogs (Little Gems 5-8) by Michael Morpurgo
$16.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
The frogs always beat the toads at long jump but the toads don't mind - anything for a quiet life. But then the children - and Mutt the dog - come in search of some good jumpers, and the toads see an opportunity to get their own back. Soon the poor frogs have been gathered up and put in an ice-cream tub ...Show more
White Horse of Zennor by Michael Morpurgo
$18.00 NZD
Category: Short stories - children
'So if you happen to be walking up towards Zennor Quoit... and if you hear the pounding of hoof beats and see a white horse come out of the moon and thunder over the moor, you will know it is... the white horse of Zennor.' The white horse will always be a reminder of the help the knocker gave Annie and ...Show more
Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo, M.B.E.
$14.95 NZD
$17.99 (16% off)
Category: Fiction - middle | Reading Level: From 10 to 99
Gracie is warned to stay away from the Birdman, but when she meets him he turns out not to be dangerous at all. But he does give her a sinister warning which comes true; and when a whale is stranded on the beach, he is forced to reveal his secret before worse things happen.