Alone on a Wide Wide Sea (ePub edition)

By: null Michael Morpurgo

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Synopsis: Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storyteller. How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming new novel from the bestselling author of Private Peaceful “There were dozens of us on the ship, all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying over our heads, calling good-bye…That is all I remember of England.” When six-year-old orphan Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after WWII he loses his sister, his country and everything he knows. Overcoming enormous hardships with fellow orphan Marty, Arthur is finally saved by the extraordinary people he meets and by his talent for boat-design and sailing. Now he has built a special boat for his daughter Allie – a solo yacht designed to carry her to England in search of his long-lost sister. Will the threads of Arthur's life finally come together? “I was there on the quayside to see Allie take her out for the first time, saw her dancing through the waves, and I knew I'd never built a finer boat.”

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 320 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780007369980
Related ISBNs:: 9780007230587, 9780007312047, 9780007457274, 9780008638733
Publisher:: HarperCollins Publishers
Date of Addition:: 08/27/24
Copyrighted By:: Michael Morpurgo
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Australiana
Grade Levels:: Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade
Reading Age:: 10–11
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.