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A moving first story by Michael Morpurgo, exploring grief, forgiveness and the loss of a family pet. Nick’s beloved old dog is dying. And when horrible Stevie Rooster makes fun of the situation, Nick loses his temper and throws Stevie’s best conker into the pond. But Grandma says there’s a better way to get back at Stevie – to beat him in the local conker championship! So Nick goes hunting for conkers by the tree in the old scrapyard. And in that scrapyard is a skinny, starving dog who looks just like Nick’s old pet. Can Nick rescue this troubled new dog – and become the Conker King of Jubilee Park?

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Series

Red Bananas

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781405256391

Publisher

Egmont Books Ltd

Date published

March 7th, 2011

Lexile measure

610L

Condition

New

Part of this Series

Red Bananas Red Bananas

Author/Illustrator

Michael Morpurgo

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Michael Morpurgo is a master storyteller, weaving captivating stories full of drama and intensity that are coming to be regarded as true classics. Exploring the most profound subjects with a light yet powerful touch, his books tell unforgettable stories in simple, direct words.

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.”

Living in Devon, listening to Mozart, and working with children have provided most of the stimulae Michael needs to discover and write his stories. He spends about half his life mucking out sheds with the children, feeding sheep or milking cows; the other half he spends dreaming up and writing stories. “For me, the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out – the writing down of it I always find hard. But I love finishing it, then holding the book in my hand and sharing my dream with my readers.”

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  1. TheMileLongBookshelfBlog
    on 8 March 2013

    I LOVE HIS BOOKS SO MUCH

  2. smileitsfriday
    on 2 March 2012

    Cute. But not one of my favourites :) * * *

  3. eve624860
    on 1 March 2012

    it looks like a breaking really heart breaking heart story

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