Not Bad for a Bad Lad

Resumen del libro

This is the wonderfully moving story of redemption from one of the greatest living children's writers Micheal Morpurgo and featuring stunning illustrations from three-time Greenaway Medal winner Michael Foreman. When a young boy gets a reputation for being naughty at school, he reacts by being the bad lad that everyone expects. Leaving school at fourteen, he becomes a thief and eventually ends up in Hollesley Prison.

But Mr Alfie, the stable manager, decides to give the boy a chance, letting him look after the horses. The boy reveals a talent with horses that saves him from a life of crime and Mr Alfie's believe in the boy is rewarded. On leaving prison, he manages to get a job working with horses in the army, and eventually achieves his life-long ambition.

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.