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The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
“Something’s up. Something big too, very big. At school, in the village, whoever you meet, it’s all anyone talks about. It’s like a sudden curse has come down on us all. It makes me wonder if we’ll ever see the sun again.”
It’s 1943. Battles are raging across Europe, but the idyllic seaside village where Lily lives is scarcely touched by the war. But one day, Lily’s family and 3000 other villagers are told to leave their homes: no exceptions, no arguments. Soon the whole area is blockaded by razor-wire and keep-out signs, behind which Allied forces prepare for D-day. But no-one tells Adolphus Tips, Lily’s beloved cat, where he can and can’t go. And when Adolphus disappears into the danger zone, with Lily in pursuit, what they find behind the barbed wire will change their lives forever… A heartwarming tale of courage and loyalty set in the Second World War.
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CrazyCoo2
11 Jan 2009
I can’t wait to read this book! It is going to be brilliant book and I know that because all your books are brilliant! I hope you write more and maybe if he is reading this he could call the next book : The Cursed Island and there was a war going on so a girl went with her family to somewhere else and there, that’s where it started, the girl went out because she was in a huff for some reason and she went over a bridge across a garden and then she saw a boat, she went in it across to the Cursed Island but of course she didn’t see the sign and… Morpurgo can maybe finish the rest.
bookwitch111
12 Mar 2008
loved it
I am currently reading this book. I have found it brilliant. I got the book yesterday and I am already on page 72. It is about a grandmother’s diary from 1943. There is Lily, Barry and as far as I know he is called skunkhead. This book is brilliant. I would certainly recommend it for EVERYBODY. I rate it as 5 star.
Littlenelephant
11 Mar 2008
loved it
For people who are questioning whether to read this or not, You should definatly read it. This is by far the best book I have ever read because I like books that are like a life diary, which is what this. So go and buy this book!!
quckers
6 Mar 2008
loved it
it is a really sweet book. i would have cried if i wasen t in school. morpurgo is as good as jk in my opinon!
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Michael Morpurgo
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 and the Blue Peter Award for Private Peaceful.
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