Michael Morpurgo has written more than one hundred books for children and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children's Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times. War Horse is a story of universal suffering for a universal audience by a writer who 'has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers' - Guardian As we move beyond centenary commemorations and continue to strive for peace across the world, War Horse remains an important book for generations to come. One of the best books I’ve ever read Reply. You left off a great horse book War Horse Like Black Beauty, it’s told from the horse’s perspective. Whats your favorite horse-related novel or non-fiction book 84. This powerful book for younger readers tells the enduring story of a friendship between a boy and his horse and is a gateway to help children understand the history and chaos of the First World War. In honor of Horse Illustrateds 30th year in 2006, we compiled a list of 30 favorite horse books. Master storyteller Michael Morpurgo has adapted his much-loved novel, War Horse, for a picture book audience. Illustrated throughout, it brings the beloved children's classic to life for kids aged 5 and up. Michael Morpurgo's global bestselling children's book War Horse has been adapted into a picture book for the first time.
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Traitors and spies lurk at every turn, each more desperate than the next to use Nic's newfound powers for their own dark purposes. But instead, he finds himself at the center of a ruthless conspiracy to overthrow the emperor and spark the Praetor War, a battle to destroy Rome from within. Now, with the deadly power of the bulla pulsing through his veins, Nic is determined to become free. When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing the lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds much more than gold and gemstones: He discovers an ancient bulla, an amulet that belonged to the great Caesar and is filled with a magic once reserved for the Gods - magic some Romans would kill for. Trade paperback in very good condition with some light wear to cover. Nielsen FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING SCHOLASTIC INC. 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It narrated a true event (a ship carrying Jewish refugees sailing to Palestine) as the seed of an elaborate myth – a land without a people for a people without a land – which functioned to obscure the indigenous stewards of the land. The result was Exodus, a bestseller turned blockbuster film. In the mid-1950s, powerful Hollywood executives financed the writing of a novel by Leon Uris to sell a pro-Israel agenda to Western popular imagination. Hollywood director Steven Spielberg recently bought the film rights to a novel about “Israel Palestine” before it was published, something that may take us to a cultural moment of unfortunate deja vu. He is in violent revolt against the entire modern age. Reilly is a flatulent frustrated scholar deeply learned in Medieval philosophy and American junk food, a brainy mammoth misfit imprisoned in a trashy world of Greyhound Buses and Doris Day movies. 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He followed the trail, which led to Hayden’s room. The next morning, though, the aroma of baked bread and cheese woke up Langer, who had spent most of the night killing mosquitoes. Of course authors must take creative liberties when writing historical or Biblical fiction, but I appreciate it when authors do so in ways that strengthen the story. Personally, I enjoy reading Biblical fiction that is well-researched and sticks closely to the original story. So if you are getting tired of reading the Bible, may the stories below re-light your interest as well. I mean, having the power of Biblical stories brought to life by creative writers with often phenomenal research and description talents? Not only did many Biblical fiction books give me a greater sense of the context of Bible events, they also inspired me to pick up my Bible and re-read the old stories from a new perspective. When I discovered that there were authors out there who expanded these retellings into entire book-length novels, I was hooked. Not because there aren’t great stories and lessons (and far more than that) in there, but because I’ve heard the stories a few too many times, and in the same way. Sometimes, reading the Bible feels a bit boring. The Ultimate Biblical Fiction Booklist: 222+ Novels Listed In Biblical Order As his fame grows throughout the Rocky Mountains, Rabbi Harvey faces a slew of new challenges, including the return of ?Big Milt? and Wolfie Wasserman (the most feared father-and-son outlaw team east of Nevada), and another bold crime by the sweet-faced Bad Bubbe. These adventures combine Jewish and American folklore by creatively retelling comic Jewish folktales and setting them loose on the western frontier of the 1870s. Part wild west sheriff, part old world rabbi, Harvey protects his town and delivers justice, wielding only the weapons of wisdom, wit, and a bit of trickery. Book excerpt: In this follow-up to the popular Adventures of Rabbi Harvey (with over 15,000 copies in print), the Rabbi returns to the streets of Elk Spring, Colorado. This book was released on 2008 with total page 135 pages. Book Synopsis Rabbi Harvey Rides Again by : Steve Sheinkinĭownload or read book Rabbi Harvey Rides Again written by Steve Sheinkin and published by Jewish Lights Publishing. For my inaugural "Re-Reading" column, I decided to return to The Good Earth, the first book I ever read about China, when it was assigned in a world history course during my freshman year of high school. In 2004, however, American readers flocked back to the novel after Oprah Winfrey selected it as a title for her popular book club. As Jonathan Spence notes in his New York Review of Books article on Pearl Buck: Journey to the Good Earth, even sympathetic biographer Hilary Spurling cannot help but describe Buck’s plot choices as “preposterous” at times.Īfter the Communist victory over mainland China in 1949, which received crucial support from the country's vast rural hinterland, The Good Earth, which had won a Pulitzer Prize in 1932, fell out of fashion in the McCarthy-era United States for its association with revolutionary peasants. While many early readers hailed her work for its realistic descriptions of life in the Chinese countryside, critics derided The Good Earth as saccharine and simplistic. This is not, I trust, a controversial statement: Pearl Buck’s 1931 novel suffered a mixed reputation from the start. The Good Earth simultaneously manages to be both a classic and not very good. So after finishing The Storyspinner I was whining about what I wanted to read next on Twitter and Eileen from BookCatPin gave me a book on my shelf to read and it ended up being this one. I wanted to read it last fall when it was released but for some reason I never got the chance. Snow Like Ashes has been on my TBR for a long time now. But the mission doesn’t go as planned, and Meira soon finds herself thrust into a world of evil magic and dangerous politics – and ultimately comes to realize that her destiny is not, never has been, her own. Finally, she’s scaling towers, fighting enemy soldiers, and serving her kingdom just as she’s always dreamed she would. So when scouts discover the location of the ancient locket that can restore Winter’s magic, Meira decides to go after it herself. Training to be a warrior-and desperately in love with her best friend, and future king, Mather - she would do anything to help her kingdom rise to power again. Orphaned as an infant during Winter’s defeat, Meira has lived her whole life as a refugee, raised by the Winterians’ general, Sir. Now, the Winterians’ only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape, and who have been waiting for the opportunity to steal back Winter’s magic and rebuild the kingdom ever since. Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Published: September 2014 by HarperCollins |