by Michael Morpurgo · Scholastic Inc. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780545057981
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«War Horse» is the young adult novel by Michael Morpurgo, published by Scholastic Inc. in paperback (165 pages, in English).
The horse Joey grows up on an English farm with the young Albert, until World War I separates him from it: sold to the army, he becomes a cavalry horse and experiences the horror of the front, amid charges, mud and wounded soldiers. Meanwhile, Albert does not lose hope of finding him again.
The narration is carried out by Joey himself, and the work is classified within children's and young adult literature.
Aimed at children and young adults, and at readers interested in horse stories and World War I.
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.
