by Michael Morpurgo · GALLIMARD JEUNE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070538065
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«Le Secret de grand-père» is the children's novel by Michael Morpurgo, published by Gallimard Jeunesse in paperback, 126 pages, in French.
The young narrator prefers his grandfather's farm to city life and enjoys listening to the old man's memories: his rural childhood, his father, and Joey, the horse saved during World War I. Despite these stories, the boy notices that his grandfather sometimes darkens and falls silent, and suspects he harbors a secret that torments him.
Second installment of the War Horse series, with illustrations by Michael Foreman and translation by Diane Ménard; it belongs to the Folio Cadet collection and its original title is Farm Boy.
Recommended for readers aged 9 to 10, especially those who enjoy stories about horses, farms and rural life.
Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or the trenches of the First World War. Morpurgo was the third Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005, and is President of BookTrust, a children's reading charity.
