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Homecoming

By Michael Morpurgo

Homecoming Novels & Short Stories

Homecoming

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Description
In this involving tale, master storyteller Michael Morpurgo tells of a boyhood in an idyllic Suffolk village fifty years ago. The village is a stone's throw from the sea, with a gull on every chimney stack, 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 - and who befriends the young Michael and lets him ride over the marshes on her donkey. But industrial reality intrudes when plans are made to build a nuclear power station on the site of the marshes, endangering Mrs Pettigrew's home and the gulls, owls, kestrels and thousands of insects and plants which also belong there. There ensues a village battle for and against the environmental hazard of the power station, and the young Michael finds himself caught up in the sad fate of Mrs Pettigrew and the landscape of his boyhood.
Product details
Number of Pages:
80
Release Date:
2012-04-05
Publication Date:
2012-04-05
Publisher:
Walker Books Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
140633202X
ISBN13:
9781406332025
Minimum Reading Age:
5
Maximum Reading Age:
9
Weight:
303 g
Height:
167 cm
Width:
200 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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