Michael MorpurgoHis first book, Long Way Home (1975), describes how a boy living in care makes a new home for himself in a noisy, argumentative but fundamentally affectionate family wow gold. This was followed by a rush of other books, some aimed at junior readers and others catering to young teenagers, often with twin emphases on action and the emotional challenges characters have to come through in order to do what they know to be right. Animals also play an important part in his work, reflecting his efforts in the charity he runs with his wife, Farms for City Children. War Horse (1982), one of his own favorites, has been described as an equivalent of Black Beauty set during World War I. Seen through the eyes of Joey, a horse sent out to serve at the front, it describes the terrible carnage and acts of bravery taking place all around him. Why the Whales Come (1985) is set in the relative tranquillity of the Scilly Isles, where two children try to protect a stranded narwhal from the islanders, who want to kill it for its meat. The Dancing Bear (1994), set in the French countryside, continues with the theme of animals suffering at the hands of human beings wow po. Waiting for Anya (1990), also set in a small village in France, describes how the people smuggle Jewish children over the border to Spain under the noses of their German occupiers. Morpurgo's next substantial novel, The War of Jenkins' Ear (1993), is one of his best. Drawing on his own unhappy experiences as a pupil, it describes the reaction of a harsh boarding school to a strange but magnetic new pupil. This boy sets out to do good whenever he can; he also believes he is Jesus Christ in his Second Coming. His time at the school finally ends in disaster when its brutal headmaster expels him on the spot. An uncaring boarding school also features in The Butterfly Lion (1996), where a child turns back from running away from one such place after he meets an old lady who gives him the sympathy he wants. Hearing her sad story about her own young life inspires the pupil-whose name we never learn-to go back and face up to his own problems. But when he goes to revisit the old lady, he finds no evidence that she was ever there at all. In 2003, Morpurgo was appointed children's laureate (a position he was instrumental in establishing) for two years, during which time he traveled to schools all over Britain. Private Peaceful (2003) came out during this time, one of his best novels and a powerful attack on the brutalities of war.
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