From Hereabout Hill

A beautiful and magical collection of short stories by an author who writes like a dream. By turns gritty and gripping, spooky and funny, they will enchant Morpurgo’s many fans. Sofia is late for school when she sees tanks arrive in the village square. She manages to hide, only to witness horrific events… An abandoned owlet seems to be on the road to recovery when it is rescued and fed. But why is a large ginger cat so interested? And when a young Canadian comes to Britain to visit his ancestral home, who is the strange old man he meets at the house?

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    Michael Morpurgo

    Master storyteller Michael Morpurgo has written over 100 books for children, and has won a multitude of awards as well as serving as Children’s Laureate from 2003-2005.

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    Michael was the Children’s Laureate 2003-2005, and has won many awards including The Whitbread Prize For The Wreck of the Zanzibar, the Smarties prize for The Butterfly Lion the Blue Peter Award for Private Peaceful and the Red House award for Shadow.

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