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Born to Run

A moving story of joy and heartbreak from former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo. When Patrick saves a litter of greyhound puppies from the canal, he keeps a special one: Best Mate. Best Mate can run like a speeding bullet, a cheetah-dog. But when he is kidnapped and turned into a champion racer, what will happen when Best Mate can’t run any more? In this unstoppable story of friendship, injustice, chance and change, champion author Michael Morpurgo spins a dramatic tale to make your heart race.

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Ben05

6 Jun 2009

loved it

This is a moving, inspirational story about a dog. This dog experiences many disasters: deaths, disappearances. He is turned into a racing dog and finally, returned to his owner. This is a wonderful book. The characters are lifelike, and Michael Morpurgo has written this to the best of his ability. Many people (including myself), reckon that this is a sad story but also an exceptionally good one! I would recommend this book to anyone, especially dog lovers and Michael Morpurgo lovers! I can understand why Michael Morpurgo is the Author of the Month. This story deserves 5/5 – I loved it, so much to the point, that I would definitely read it again.

Phoenix2000

27 May 2009

loved it

This book was sooooo sad, when i found out what happened to Alfie the book got stained with tears! The dog go’s though three different names, BestMate with Patrick, Brighteyes with Becky and Paddywack with Joe. This book is a must!

tobyonecanoby

25 Apr 2009

loved it

This book was amazingly wrote by the best author ever!! It was vey sad which made the book great as it was sad and happy at the end! I LOVED IT!!

Nat888

25 Dec 2008

liked it

This book is really touching, and is a brilliant read!

ambz

4 Dec 2008

i love this book i think best mate is an amazing dog and when iam older i want a dog the same as him it has its sad moments but still it is a really really really good book

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