by Michael Morpurgo · Dean & Son · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780603568381
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«Long Way Home» is the children's novel by Michael Morpurgo, published by Dean & Son in paperback (160 pages, in English).
George, a boy who has been through several foster homes, arrives at the Dyers' farm determined to run away and go back to the orphanage. Life on the farm and his dealings with Tom and Storme give him, for the first time, a sense of being accepted. Little by little, George begins to wonder if he has found a place to belong.
Work originally published in 1975; this Dean & Son edition appeared in December 2012.
For child and young adult readers, especially those looking for realistic stories about family and belonging.
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.
