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Escape from Shangri-La


No. of pages 224

Published: 2011

Great for age 9-12 years

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A gripping and heartfelt war story from Britains best-loved childrens author, Michael Morpurgo. Turned away by his own son, Cessies long-lost grandfather finds himself in the place he fears most a nursing home called Shangri-La. Only Cessie loves him and is determined to help him escape and unravel the truth of his past. A past that comes to him only in glimpses a lifeboat, a tin of condensed milk, a terrifying night on the beaches of Dunkirk in World War II Former Childrens Laureate and award-winning author of War Horse, Michael Morpurgo, demonstrates why he is considered to be the master story teller with this tale of strife and loss in World War II.

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 10 years.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published in 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Michael Morpurgo has brought together poems by writers as diverse as Spike Milligan and Stevie Smith, John Lennon and Jo Shapcott.