Alone on a Wide Wide Sea

How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming novel from the nation''s favourite storyteller ''Michael Morpurgo''s best book in years'' Observer When six-year-old Arthur is shipped to Australia after the Second World War, he loses everything he knows. Subjected to brutal hardship on a working farm before finding a home with the eccentric Aunty Megs, Arthur is eventually called back to the sea. Now Arthur has built a yacht for his daughter, Allie, who is determined to sail to England to find her father''s long-lost sister. Will love stretch across time and oceans and reveal how Arthur''s life began?

Product details

• Authors: Michael Morpurgo, Morpurgo Michael
• Publisher: Haper Collins Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 10
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.08.2024
• EAN: 9780008638733
• ISBN: 978-0-00-863873-3
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, Australia, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Europe, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Adoption, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Interest age: from c 10 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 3, For secondary education, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), JUVENILE FICTION / Places / Australia & Oceania, For National Curriculum Key Stage 3 (England & Wales)