From Hereabout Hill

Resumen del libro

Explore friendship, love, revenge, life and death in the pages of From Hereabout Hill. A spell-binding collection of short stories from the nation's favourite storyteller, Michael Morpurgo. Michael Morpurgo demonstrates why he is considered to be the master story-teller with this diverse collection of stories for children.

Included in this collection of short stories is a poignant tale about civil war, where a young girl hides from enemy soldiers in a public toilet; a haunting story of a little girl swept out to sea while collecting cowrie shells; and the moving account of two brothers, who, over the years, create a mental picture of their absent father. 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.

Biografía del autor

Michael Morpurgo (St Albans, Inglaterra, 1943) es un prolífico autor de libros juveniles, con los que ha ganado numerosos premios, entre los que cabe destacar el Whitbread Children;s Book Award, el Hampshire Book Award o el Prix Sorcières. Consiguió el prestigioso Children;s Laureate en 2003-2005.