by Michael Morpurgo · HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007339617
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«Shadow» is the children's and young adult novel by Michael Morpurgo, published by HarperCollins Children's Books in paperback with 288 pages in English.
In a war-torn Afghanistan, young Aman finds an injured Springer Spaniel, takes him in, and names him Shadow. When violence makes it impossible to stay, Aman, his mother, and the dog flee to England in search of a relative in Manchester. A story of friendship between a boy and his dog, of courage and hope.
Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award 2011, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2012, and illustrated by Christian Birmingham.
Recommended for young readers aged 9 and up, interested in stories of adventure and animals.
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.
