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A tender, lyrical tale from the author's childhood in an idyllic English village, with environmental and conservational themes.

In this involving tale, master storyteller and former children's laureate Michael Morpurgo revisits the "landscape of his memories", telling of his boyhood fifty years before. The village of Bradwell is a stone's throw from the sea and is peopled by quirky characters such as the three Stebbing sisters, the white moustachioed Colonel Burton and Bennie the village thug. But the heroine of this story is the serene Mrs Pettigrew, who lives in a railway carriage down in the marshes with her dogs, donkey, bees and hens. Industrial reality intrudes when plans are made to build a nuclear power station on the marshes, and when a village battle ensues for and against this environmental hazard, young Michael finds himself caught up in the sad fate of Mrs Pettigrew and the landscape of his boyhood.


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Publisher: Walker Books

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  • ISBN: 9781406369212
  • File size: 49291 KB
  • Release date: December 2, 2016

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781406369212
  • File size: 49291 KB
  • Release date: December 2, 2016

PDF ebook

  • ISBN: 9781406369229
  • File size: 12916 KB
  • Release date: April 21, 2016

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OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
PDF ebook

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:940
Text Difficulty:4-6

A tender, lyrical tale from the author's childhood in an idyllic English village, with environmental and conservational themes.

In this involving tale, master storyteller and former children's laureate Michael Morpurgo revisits the "landscape of his memories", telling of his boyhood fifty years before. The village of Bradwell is a stone's throw from the sea and is peopled by quirky characters such as the three Stebbing sisters, the white moustachioed Colonel Burton and Bennie the village thug. But the heroine of this story is the serene Mrs Pettigrew, who lives in a railway carriage down in the marshes with her dogs, donkey, bees and hens. Industrial reality intrudes when plans are made to build a nuclear power station on the marshes, and when a village battle ensues for and against this environmental hazard, young Michael finds himself caught up in the sad fate of Mrs Pettigrew and the landscape of his boyhood.


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  • Details

    Publisher:
    Walker Books

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781406369212
    File size: 49291 KB
    Release date: December 2, 2016

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781406369212
    File size: 49291 KB
    Release date: December 2, 2016

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781406369229
    File size: 12916 KB
    Release date: April 21, 2016

  • Creators
  • Formats
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    Lexile® Measure: 940
    Text Difficulty: 4-6