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Michael Morpurgo


Born
in St Albans, Hertfordshire, The United Kingdom
October 05, 1943

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Genre
Children's Books, Poetry, Historical Fiction


Sir Michael Andrew Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films. He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera. Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1943, he was evacuated to Cumberland during the last years of the Second World War, then returned to London, moving later to Essex. After a brief and unsuccessful spell in the army, he took up teaching and started to write. He left teaching after ten years in order to set up 'Farms for City Children' with his wife. They have three farms in Devon, Wales and Gloucestershire, open to inner city school children who come to stay and work with the animals. In 1999 this work was publicly recognised when he and his wife were invested ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 276,436 ratings · 24,600 reviews · 652 distinct works • Similar authors
War Horse (War Horse, #1)
4.16 avg rating — 61,078 ratings — published 1982 — 182 editions
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Private Peaceful
4.15 avg rating — 32,161 ratings — published 2003 — 103 editions
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Kensuke's Kingdom
4.14 avg rating — 25,251 ratings — published 1999 — 22 editions
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The Butterfly Lion
4.09 avg rating — 14,127 ratings — published 1996 — 67 editions
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An Elephant in the Garden
4.20 avg rating — 13,554 ratings — published 2009 — 39 editions
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Born to Run
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The Amazing Story of Adolph...
4.05 avg rating — 7,840 ratings — published 2005 — 37 editions
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Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
4.21 avg rating — 6,545 ratings — published 2006 — 27 editions
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War Horse Farm Boy
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“I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less.”
― Michael Morpurgo, War Horse
tags: hate, love, war-horse
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“Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.”
― Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful
tags: brotherhood, brothers, charlie, comfort, love, private, tommo
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“stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions”
― Michael Morpurgo, I Believe in Unicorns
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Poll closes Monday 3/28/2022. What book do you want to read for our Historical Event theme for April 2022 BOTM Group Read?

 
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1912 Titantic - Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee
 
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1890s Womens Rights - The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
 
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1910s after WW1 - Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen
 
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