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Kensuke's Kingdom
Washed up on a remote island in a Pacific storm, Michael curls up and waits to die. But when he wakes, there is fresh fruit beside him. He is not alone… Michael Morpurgo’s vivid story of a young castaway struggling to survive is an unmissable modern classic. Fusing adventure and mystery, it is a heartbreaking but uplifting tale of love, loss, hope and redemption.
Winner of the Red House Children’s Book Award
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Punkchick
31 Oct 2008
loved it
I thought this book was amazingly interesting and action – packed!! It was full of thrill, mystery and happiness (especially right at the end)!
Barniecoles
1 Oct 2008
liked it
this book was good although not the best i’ve read. i did not choose to read this i read it at school.
neofoxytiger
6 Aug 2008
loved it
This book is spectacular and I would highly recommend this. I was not sure I would enjoy this as most of Morpurgo’s books are about the war, but this is completely different and most enjoyable.
manscape
9 Apr 2008
loved it
This book is really fun, it gives you a really good idea of what it would be like on a desert island it’s sort of like Robinson Cruso! Well done Morpurgo!
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Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo discovered his talent for writing while working as a teacher. “We had to read the children a story every day and my lot were bored by the book I was reading. I decided I had to do something and told them the kind of story I used to tell my kids – it was like a soap opera, and they focused on it. I could see there was magic in it for them, and realised there was magic in it for me.”
Today, Michael 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.
Awards
Michael has won The Whitbread Prize For Wreck of the Zanzibar, the Smarties prize for The Butterfly Lion and the Children’s Book Award for Kensuke’s Kingdom and Private Peaceful.
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