The Amazing Tale of Ali Pasha

by Michael Foreman (contributor)

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Genres: World War I, War, Historical Fiction, Childrens, Friendship

128 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2013

About the author

Michael has worked on magazines, book jackets, animated films, TV adverts, and even for the police, sketching criminals described by witnesses. As well as illustrating many of his own books, Michael has illustrated over a hundred books for authors such as Shakespeare, J. M. Barrie, the Brothers Grimm, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. Michael has travelled widely - to Africa, Japan, the Arctic Circle, China and Malaysia, the Himalayas, Siberia and New Zealand - to research his books. "I do a lot of research when I'm travelling - I find it thrilling to discover the particular 'art' of different landscapes and work them into a book. But I find I have to travel by myself, otherwise I'm constantly getting involved in other people's impressions of a place... I try to be invisible when I'm travelling, so I tend to listen in on conversations rather than participate in them - I just want to look and draw."

Reviews

[Mathieu Liabeuf · Rating 4 out of 5]

-The amazing tales of Ali Pasha is beautiful story of friendship

-The amazing tales of Ali Pasha has been write by Michael Foreman the first september 2013, it's a very good book for kids. It trate of a old solder who found a animal on the first world war, there is a lot of superb illustration and old photography who we do travel.

- The main character is Henry Frinston, a old soldier australian. When he go at the first world war in Gallipoli he meet an turtle and he will call him Ali Pasha, she follow her everwere even at the war !
It is the start of beautiful story with emotion.

-I think that this book is very good for the kids, the frienship between the human and animal is well transcribed. It is a perfect war book for the kids, who will teach them a lot of things of the first world war.

[AnzacPuppy · Rating 5 out of 5]

'' The Amazing Tale of Ali Pasha '' is a novel told by a journalist, based on true events of an old Australian soldier of the WWI. He fights in Gallipoli in Turkey, on the battlefield. He found a tortuise and he lived with her during his entire life.
The story has been written by Mickael Foreman. There are a lot of good illustrations and old pictures.
Our favourite quote is « It was Corton where Mr Henry Friston lived, in a pair of restored railway carriages, with his family and his tortoise, Ali Pasha ».
We like this book, it's the best novel we have never read because although it seems incredible, this is a true story. Moreover, the illustrations awesome throughout the whole book.
What an amazing and very interesting book !


Jack and Ford

[Anzac · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Amazing Tale of Ali Pasha by Michael Foreman was written in 2013, it's a novel
This is a story of Henry Friston. He was a doctor soldier, during WWI. He is an old Australian soldier and he fought in Gallipoli in Turkey. He adopted a turtle and his name is Ali Pasha, He was with him all the time in his extraordinary adventures. What a cute turtle !

We think this book is realistic, some moments were boring because of too many details but others were fascinating.
The end was not surprising !

We recommended this book for those who are looking for an easy to read book and for those who like WWI.

[Ilan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The amazing tale of ali pasha by michael Foreman was written in 2013 it’s a novel for « kids ». Based on true events of an old Australian soldier of the WWI. He fight in Galipolli in turkey. Hé found aturtle and he lived with her during his entire life. The name of thé turtle is ali Pasha all the time with her beautiful and amazing adventures. The main character is henry fritson a old soldier, her turtle will follow even un war. A history can be read with emotion. Lot of pictures for ilustrate a story. For me a novel is perfect for a kid with friendship animal and men and true acount of life at war

[Chloe Stephenson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A stunning and heart warming tale of Henry Friston a 21 year old solider in WW1 and his unlikely war companion- a tortoise named Ali Pasha. Michael Foreman had intertwined stunning illustrations in between a shocking tale of heroism, bravery and courage. This is a must read book! The descriptions Foreman uses really drew me in and I found myself hooked from the start. This book would be ideal for use in UKS2 (due to some or the more graphic descriptions) to introduce the post 1066 History study WW1.

[2C · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is entitled "the amazing tale of Ali Pasha". It was written by Michael Forman and it was published in 2013 in the United Kingdom. It's the true story of Henry Friston, a soldier during the first world war, who finds a turtle on a battlefield in Turkey. He decides to keep it and calls it "Ali Pasha". He hides the animal on his warship until the end of the war. Together, they go through many adventures.
In this book, the paintings are beautiful, they make us travel around the world with Henry and Ali Pasha. The story is envoutating and quite easy to read, but there are typical English expressions that are not very easy to understand.

[Elle Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

The true story of how one sailor finding himself flung into a trench by a shell at Gallipoli, stays calm through the next few hours by sheltering with another shelling victim, a tortoise. Afterwards, Henry takes the tortoise back with him to the ship and they become the most unlikely of friends for the rest of Henry's war and then on into life in rural England.

A well told story of WW1 with un unusual perspective and great illustrations and photos. Perfect for all ages.

[JKtttt]

The Amazing Turtle !!!

That is not his first novel but it's one of the last novels. This book didn't receive a prize.

The story is separated in 3 parts with 3 characters :
Henry Friston is young adult, a 21-year-old seaman, In the WWI (1914-1918) he finds a turtle on a battlefield in Turkey. He decides to keep it and calls it Ali Pasha...

This book interresed me because he talking about The WWI.

I recomand this book for pepole who like the WWI.

[Tracey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a wonderful children’s book which contained a story within a story. The initial story tells of a young reporter sent to Mr Henry Friston’s house to see if his tortoise, Ali Pasha, had woken from hibernation. This leads to Henry’s WW1 story and how he met his tortoise friend, Ali Pasha. The end of the book has a note from the author sharing how he met Henry and Ali and more details about the pair, including photos. I love when books include these details.

[Min · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fascinating and informative story with lovely illustrations.

[Lorraine · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fantastic way to give children a true account of life at war. A quick read made all the more special by the photographs of the man behind the story

[Yorky Caz · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a beautiful book. Very quick read and lovely illustrations. Got quite choked up by the end!

[Denita · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely story about the friendship between a tortoise and Henry who went into the Navy during WW1.

[Mickaéline Cuny · Rating 3 out of 5]

J'ai beaucoup apprécié cette lecture, le récit en trois temps, qui nous permet de suivre à la fois, l'histoire de Trévor qui souhaite devenir un vrai journaliste, de Henri Friston, de celui qu'il est devenu, et enfin de s'immerger complètement dans ce pan de l'Histoire, avec un grand H, grâce au journal de guerre de ce dernier.
Ce petit roman m'a beaucoup appris, sur cette partie de la première guerre que je ne connaissais pas. Preuve s'il en est de l'importance des livres jeunesse. Mais là, c'est un autre débat.
Basé sur une histoire vraie, Passager Clandestin de Michael Foreman, aborde une partie de la première guerre, parfois méconnue, celle de la marine britannique, de l'Egypte, de la Turquie. Le tout avec pudeur. L'auteur a non seulement une plume agréable à suivre, mais également un réel talent d'illustrateur. Elles sont juste magnifiques, et complètent à merveille ce roman.
cf: http://mickaelineetseslivres.blogspot...

[Abi Reynolds · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book on a visit to a museum and was curious about the role of a tortoise during the war. It gives another perspective about life during WW1 and how people dealt with the situation at the time. I enjoyed how the author introduced the reader to Ali and his story.

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

The perfect book to pass a rainy afternoon - a heartwarming (and occasionally tear inducing) read with stunning illustrations!

[Karen Ullman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing story telling, gentle but insightful. Good for all ages and great with the WW1 centenary coming up!

[Just_me · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyable children's book. Read with my 8 and 12 year old.

[Raihana · Rating 2 out of 5]

did not complete this book. will be interesting for some kids but generally not relevant to local audience.

[Mileuse Ismagilova · Rating 5 out of 5]

воспитывает патриотизм и уважения к другим культурам ) побольше бы таких

[5H3MS · Rating 4 out of 5]

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