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A heartwarming short story set on a farm from michael morpurgo, the nation s favourite children s author, with stunning illustrations from quentin blake. A heartwarming short story set on a farm from michael morpurgo, the nations favourite childrens author, with stunning illustrations from quentin blake. It won the 2005 red house children s book award and the blue peter book of the year award and was shortlisted for the 2004 whitbread children s book award. He enjoys enid blyton i may feel compelled to buy that set. Morpurgos next novel inspired by autistic grandson the. Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on an uninhabited island in the scillies injured, thirsty, lost and with absolutely no memory of who she is, or how she came to be there. Revisit the island of lilliput through michael morpurgos offbeat and engaging story where modernday war and.
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