Michael Morpurgo
1) War horse
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Joey the horse recalls his experiences growing up on an English farm, his struggle for survival as a cavalry horse during World War I, and his reunion with his beloved master.
Author
Publisher
Templar Publishing
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
There's no two ways about it: when I was young I was a bad lad.' Everyone thinks this lad is bad, even him. So it’s no surprise when he’s sent to Hollesley Bay Borstal.?But then he starts to work in the prison stable, gaining the trust of the horses and the respect of Mr Alfie, and something begins to change
Together, Morpurgo and Foreman have weaved an inspiring tale about what happens when you show someone how to follow their dreams....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Thomas Peaceful's older brother is forced to join the British Army, Thomas decides to sign up as well, although he is only fourteen years old, to prove himself to his country, his family, his childhood love, Molly, and himself.
Author
Publisher
Square Fish/Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2013, c2010
Edition
1st Square Fish ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
199 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth's mother works at Dresden Zoo, where her favorite animal is an elephant named Marlene. When the zoo director tells her the dangerous animals must be shot to prevent them running amok when the town is bombed, Elizabeth's mother moves Marlene into the back garden to save her.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Michael Morpurgo's The Day the World Stopped Turning is a middle-grade novel about an extraordinary boy who sees the world differently.
In the unique landscape of the Camargue (France) during World War II, Lorenzo lives among the salt flats and the flamingos. There are lots of things he doesn't understand, but he does know how to heal animals, how to talk to them; the flamingos especially. He loves routine, and music too: and every week he goes to...
7) Dolphin Boy
Author
Language
English
Description
Jim lives in a fishing village - but no-one goes fishing any more as all the fish have gone. One day, Jim spots a dolphin beached on the sand. He runs to get help, and everyone works together to return the dolphin to the water. Afterwards, the dolphin stays in the harbour, playing with the swimmers - and he even carries Jim on his back! Then the dolphin disappears, and everyone is so sorrowful they take out a boat to find him. Suddenly the sea is...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-11 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.
Renowned children's writer Michael Morpurgo has written this vivid account of a child's stay at a farm. The Farms for...
10) Half a Man
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Revered author Michael Morpurgo evokes the post-war Britain of his childhood in this unflinching and deeply poignant tale of the physical and mental scars of war.
From a young age, Michael was both fascinated by and afraid of his grandfather. Grandpa's ship was torpedoed during the Second World War, leaving him with terrible burns. Every time he came to stay, Michael was warned by his mother that he must not stare, he must not make
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The sequel to Michael Morpurgo's bestselling War Horse!Farm Boy is the heartwarming sequel to War Horse, the beloved novel that has been made into a hit play and a major motion picture.For years, Joey was a war horse, pulling ambulance carts and artillery through the battlefields of World War I. When he finally returned home to Albert and the farm, he was treated like a hero. But his adventures had only just begun.Now, generations later, Albert's...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
113 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old boy dreams about the life and adventures of Robin Hood who lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
In 1940 England, stuck in a train tunnel while German fighter jets fly overhead, Barney hears an unlikely story of a highly decorated World War I soldier who once had a chance to kill young Adolf Hitler.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st U. S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
137 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old boy comes across Arthur Pendragon, who has just awakened from his long sleep beneath the earth, and hears from him some of the exciting stories of his past.
16) Shadow
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2012, c2010
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
180 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Teenager Aman and his mother lose their loyal spaniel Shadow while escaping Afghanistan to flee to England. Now they must depend on a friend and his grandfather to enable Shadow's return.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Pied Piper pipes a village free of rats, and when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service, he pipes away their children as well.
Author
Publisher
Puffin, an imprint of Penguin Random Canada Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House of Canada Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
90 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"As a child, Allen is saved from a nautical disaster by Benjamin Postlethwaite, a solitary lighthouse keeper. Years later, Allen returns to the lighthouse, and the two nurse an injured young puffin back to health. When Allen is called up to fight in WorldWar Two...his fond memories of his time at the lighthouse keep him going, even through prison camp"--
20) War horse
Publisher
distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets; British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter....