Little Manfred
Morpurgo, Michael2012
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In the Imperial War Museum is a wooden Dachshund, carved by a German prisoner of war for the children of the British family with which he stayed after the fighting ended. This is the story of how it got there…When the Bismarck sinks, one of the only German survivors is taken on board a British ship as a prisoner of war. Sent to live with a host family, Walter must adapt to a new way of life, in the heart of an enemy country. Gradually, though, he finds a friend in ten-year-old Grace. So when the time finally comes to go back to Germany, it’s an emotional parting, with Walter leaving Grace with only a carved wooden dog to remember him by. The question is, will Walter and Grace ever meet again? In 1966, with the World Cup coming to Britain, that opportunity may just have come along.
Main title:
Little Manfred / Michael Morpurgo.
Author:
Morpurgo, Michael, authorForeman, Michael, illustrator
Imprint:
London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2012.
Collation:
172 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
97800079163990007916396
Dewey class:
823.9'2
Local class:
JFFFIC.JMORJF MOR
Language:
English
Subject:
World Cup (Soccer) (1966 : England) -- Juvenile fictionWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Juvenile fictionPrisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Juvenile fictionPrisoners of war -- Germany -- Juvenile fictionFriendship -- Juvenile fictionAccelerated readerAccelerated reader -- AR4.9Accelerated reader -- AR4Children's storiesFiction 9+GeneralChildren's storiesFiction 7+General
Index terms:
AR 4.9
BRN:
476122