Are you a new reader? Do you love stories? Would you like a helping hand to enjoy them? Then you need Little Gems: wonderful easy-read books to keep you turning those pages. Chris, Lisa and Tom love spending time in their secret hide-out: the Castle, an old WWII pill-box. But the Castle is on Old Rafferty’s land, and he hates kids. And when some local lads lock them in with no one else around for miles, they find themselves in big trouble…

By Michael Morpurgo, the master author of War Horse

Dyslexia-friendly layout with a clear font on cream paper

The perfect support for young and struggling readers

From the award-winning Barrington Stoke publishing list

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781781122877

Publisher

Barrington Stoke Ltd

Date published

September 15th, 2013

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 3.8; Lower years; 0.5 points

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Michael Morpurgo

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.”