SHADOW
A stunning and moving novel from a master storyteller - featuring the bravest dog in the world . . .
SHADOW broke all Michael Morpurgo records in hardback, selling a massive 50,000 copies through TCM in the first twelve weeks. Now, the phenomenon arrives in paperback, ready to take the mass market by storm
This is the story of Aman, as told in his own words - a boy from Afghanistan fleeing the horror of the Afghan war. When a western dog shows up outside the caves where Aman lives with his mother, Aman is initially repulsed - it is not customary for people to keep dogs as pets in his part of the world. But when Aman and his mother finally decide to make a bid for freedom, the dog Aman has called Shadow will not leave their side. Soon it becomes clear: the destinies of boy and dog are linked, and always will be
MICHAEL MORPURGO
Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of the UK's best-loved authors for children and young people. He was the third UK Children's Laureate and he has won the Children's Book Award, the Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. There have been many stage and screen adaptations of his books, including a major film and award-winning stage play based on War Horse. Michael also set up the charity Farms for City Children with his wife Clare.
Edad recomendada: a partir de 9 años
MORPURGO MICHAEL
Sir Michael Andrew Morpurgo nacido como Michael Andrew Bridge; 5 de octubre de 1943 es un autor, poeta, dramaturgo y libretista inglés célebre por sus obras en el campo de la literatura infantil y juvenil. Se convirtió en el tercer laureado infantil, de 2003 a 2005, y actualmente es el presidente de BookTrust, la mayor organización benéfica de lectura infantil del Reino Unido. También ha recibido numerosos premios, entre los que habría que destacar el Whitbread 1995 , el Prix Sorcières 2001 o el Hampshire Book 2005 .