by Michael Morpurgo · Farshore · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781405255912
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«Long Way Home» is the children's and young adult novel by Michael Morpurgo, published by Farshore in paperback (160 pages, in English).
George, a twelve-year-old boy, arrives at his seventh foster home: the Dyers' farm, where he meets Tom and Storme. There he learns to feel part of a family, but an accident involving Mrs. Dyer forces him to return to the children's home. Determined not to lose the Dyers, George sets out on a journey to go back and find a permanent home.
The work was originally published in 1975; this English edition is from 2018. Recommended reading age: from 5 years.
For children's and young adult readers and fans of Michael Morpurgo; the cover presents it as a work by the author of «War Horse».
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.
