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Alone on a Wide Wide Sea

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Alone on a Wide Wide Sea

How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming novel from the nation’s favourite storyteller
‘Michael Morpurgo’s best book in years’ Observer

When six-year-old Arthur is shipped to Australia after the Second World War, he loses everything he knows. Subjected to brutal hardship on a working farm before finding a home with the eccentric Aunty Megs, Arthur is eventually called back to the sea.

Now Arthur has built a yacht for his daughter, Allie, who is determined to sail to England to find her father’s long-lost sister. Will love stretch across time and oceans and reveal how Arthur’s life began?

Type Of BookMiddle Novel
FormatPaperback
Age10+
ISBN9780008638733
Published26/08/2024
Price Per CopyRRP $17.99
1–9 copies$16.19
10–19 copies$15.29
20+ copies$14.39
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Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo is the author of over 60 books for children including The Butterfly Lion, winner of the Smarties Prize and the Writers’ Guild Award; and The Wreck of the Zanzibar, which won the Whitbread Award. Michael and his wife, Clare, established Farms for City Children and were both awarded MBEs in recognition of their services to youth through this organisation. They live on a farm in Devon.

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