Eagle in the Snow: The Classic Bestseller

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So keen was she to share it that I was then told I had to read the first two chapters that she’d already read whilst she did her maths homework. Suffice is to say that the last 100 to 150 pages or so, with almost constant fighting, are just as gripping as the first piece, when the climax builds up slowly. Michael Morpurgo a signé plus de cent livres, couronnés par de nombreux prix littéraires dont les prix français Sorcières et Tam-Tam. He spends about half his life mucking out sheds with the children, feeding sheep or milking cows; the other half he spends dreaming up and writing stories.

Billy Byron was one of the most decorated privates of the First World War, recognised for his unrivalled bravery.One of the reasons I liked this book so much is because it feels like someone is /telling/ you the story rather than you /reading/ it.

It sounds told, like you’re that little boy opposite an utter stranger, sitting in the dark of a still train as this master storyteller unfolds a striking narrative to chase the dark away. Mrs Woolf, wife of the manager, is a very celebrated author and, in her own way, more important than Galsworthy. This book follows the story of Eva, who, after finding out her father is deceased, is asked to trace her family tree. For younger bookworms – and nostalgic older ones too – there’s the Slightly Foxed Cubs series, in which we’ve reissued a number of classic nature and historical novels. There’s a gentle, satisfying twist at the end of this thought provoking book, when the man has finished telling them Billy’s story, and the train begins to move again.The really interesting thing about it though was that, for writing so thoroughly excellent, it broke two foundational writing rules: telling vs. This short but immersive novel has some classic illustrations from Michael Foreman, which could help get this book into the hands of some reluctant readers. It’s not long into the journey when the train comes under attack from a German plane, and is forced to shelter in a tunnel. Sitting opposite them is a man who Barney soon recognises as the air-raid warden who had carried him down from the rubble of his former home.