The Wreck of the Zanzibar

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A gripping childrens story fromWar Horseauthor and formerChildren's LaureateMichael Morpurgo.
We all knew what was going to happen. Wed seen it before. A ship about to founder staggers before she falls. A huge wave broke over her stern and she did not come upright again. Life on the Scilly Isles in 1907 is bleak and full of hardship. Lauras twin brother, Billy, disappears, and then a storm devastates everything. It seems theres little hope. But then the Zanzibar is wrecked on the islands rocks, and everything changes

The Wreck of the Zanzibarisa gripping historical adventure from the author ofAn Eagle in the Snow,Listen to the Moon,Shadow, andAn Elephant in the Garden. Michael Morpurgo has written more thanone hundredbooks for childrenand won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Childrens Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.

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Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best-loved writers for children. He has written over 100 books and won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Whitbread Award. His recent bestselling novels include Shadow', A Medal for Leroy' and Little Manfred'. His novel War Horse' has been successfully adapted as a West End and Broadway theatre play and a major film by Steven Spielberg. A former Children's Laureate, Michael is also the co-founder, with his wife Clare, of the charity Farms for City Children.