The Wreck of the Zanzibar
Author: Morpurgo, Michael
Reading Age: 8 to 9 Third Class, 9 to 10 Fourth Class
Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd
Illustrator: n/a
ISBN-13: 9781405233361
Number of pages: 112
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Life on the Sicily Isles in 1907 is bleak and full of hardship. Laura’s twin brother, Billy, disappears, and then a storm devastates everything. It seems there’... Read more
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Life on the Sicily Isles in 1907 is bleak and full of hardship. Laura’s twin brother, Billy, disappears, and then a storm devastates everything. It seems there’s little hope… that is until the Zanzibar is wrecked on the island’s rocks and everything changes.
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About the Author
Former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo needs no introduction. He is one of the most successful children’s authors in the country, loved by children, teachers and parents alike. Michael has written more than forty books and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children’s Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times. His novels have been adapted for film (My Friend Walter, Why the Whales Came) and stage (including, Kensuke’s Kingdom for the Polka Theatre and Why the Whales Came for Alibi). Michael received an OBE in December 2006 for his services to literature.
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