Dear Olly

Author: Michael Morpurgo; Christian Birmingham (Illustrator)

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  • : $14.50 NZD
  • : 9780006753339
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Limited
  • : Harper Element
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  • : 0.12
  • : June 2007
  • : 197mm X 130mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 13.99
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  • : Michael Morpurgo; Christian Birmingham (Illustrator)
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  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
  • : Christian Birmingham
  • : English
  • : 823.9/14
  • : From 9 To 11
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  • : 128
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  • : 30 b/w illus
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Barcode 9780006753339
9780006753339

Description

A moving story of a brother, a sister and a swallow, and how all are in some way victims of the horrors of landmines. Olly's brother Matt wants to go and work with children who have been made orphans, through war, in Africa. He wants to be a clown and make them laugh. His mother and sister want him to stay in England and go to university. Hero, a swallow, has a journey to make too. He must fly to Africa for the winter to join all the other swallows. His journey is difficult and fraught with danger. Three separate stories are woven into one powerful and moving novel whose central theme not only exposes the horrors of war and of landmines, but also the endurance of the human spirit.

Promotion info

/ Key title A moving story of a brother, a sister and a swallow, and how all are in some way victims of the horrors of landmines. / Hugely successful author on the Collins list / Moving novel set mainly in Africa and dealing with the major issue of landmines / Story told through three 'voices': a brother; a sister and a swallow / Michael Morpurgo's previous novel for Collins -- The Butterfly Lion, published in May 1996 -- has sold over 150,000 copies to date / Illustrated by Christian Birmingham

Author description

Michael divides his time between his writing and running Farms for City Children, a charity which each year takes up to 3,000 children to a working farm for a week. Michael and his wife Clare were awarded MBEs this year for their work with the charity. Before the first farm opened 22 years ago, Morpurgo was a teacher and his knowledge of children's experiences, plus his experience of Farms enrich his writing enormously. Michael Morpurgo has won the Whitbread Children's Book Award, and the Smarties Book Prize.