by Michael Morpurgo · Harper Collins · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007909704
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«Shadow» is the children's and young adult novel by Michael Morpurgo, published by HarperCollins in hardcover, in English.
Shadow, a bomb-sniffing dog, disappears in war-torn Afghanistan and his owner, a soldier, is heartbroken. The dog befriends Aman, an Afghan boy fleeing with his mother, and their bond becomes inseparable. With Christmas approaching, the question is whether Shadow can be reunited with his handler.
Illustrated by Christian Birmingham. Originally published in 2010, it won the Red House Children's Book Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
A read aimed at children and young adults, especially those who enjoy stories about dogs, loyalty and war conflicts.
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.
