By: Morpurgo, Michael
Format: Paperback / softback
Published By: HarperCollins Publishers
Date of Publication: 01/10/2001
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780006753339
Classification: General fiction (Children's/YA)
Dimensions in mm: 196 x 129 x 10
Description: A moving story of a brother, a sister and a swallow, and how all are in some way victims of the horrors of landmines. Olly's brother Matt wants to go and work with children who have been made orphans, through war, in Africa. He wants to be a clown and make them laugh. His mother and sister want him to stay in England and go to university. Hero, a swallow, has a journey to make too. He must fly to Africa for the winter to join all the other swallows. His journey is difficult and fraught with danger. Three separate stories are woven into one powerful and moving novel whose central theme not only exposes the horrors of war and of landmines, but also the endurance of the human spirit.
Format: Paperback / softback
Published By: HarperCollins Publishers
Date of Publication: 01/10/2001
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780006753339
Classification: General fiction (Children's/YA)
Dimensions in mm: 196 x 129 x 10
Description: A moving story of a brother, a sister and a swallow, and how all are in some way victims of the horrors of landmines. Olly's brother Matt wants to go and work with children who have been made orphans, through war, in Africa. He wants to be a clown and make them laugh. His mother and sister want him to stay in England and go to university. Hero, a swallow, has a journey to make too. He must fly to Africa for the winter to join all the other swallows. His journey is difficult and fraught with danger. Three separate stories are woven into one powerful and moving novel whose central theme not only exposes the horrors of war and of landmines, but also the endurance of the human spirit.