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Farm boy the sequel to War horse

For years Joey was a war horse, pulling ambulance carts and artillery through the battlefields of World War I. Finally he returned to Albert and the farm. Now, decades later, Albert's son loves to tell his own grandson stories about the remarkable horse, including its feats in the war and of the tim...

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Main Author: Morpurgo, Michael
Other Authors: Foreman, Michael, 1938-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2012, c1997.
Edition:1st American ed.
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Horses > Juvenile fiction.
Farm life > Juvenile fiction.
England > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:For years Joey was a war horse, pulling ambulance carts and artillery through the battlefields of World War I. Finally he returned to Albert and the farm. Now, decades later, Albert's son loves to tell his own grandson stories about the remarkable horse, including its feats in the war and of the time the family risked everything betting that Joey could win a daring race.
Item Description:"First published in Great Britain in 1997 by Pavilion Books ..."--T.p. verso.
Physical Description:115 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780545460064 (hbk.)
0545460069 (hbk.)
Author Notes:British author Michael Morpurgo was born in St. Albans, Hertforshire in 1943. He attended the University of London and studied English and French. He became a primary school teacher in Kent for about ten years. He and his wife Clare started a charity called Farms for City Children. They currently own three farms where over 2000 children a year stay for a week and experience the countryside by taking part in purposeful farmwork.

He has published over 100 books and several screenplays. He won the 1995 Whitbread Children's Book Award for The Wreck of the Zanzibar, the 1996 Nestle Smarties Book Prize for The Butterfly Lion, and the 2000 Children's Book Award for Kensuke's Kingdom. Private Peaceful won the 2005 Red House Children's Book Award and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. Five of his books have been made into movies and two have been adapted for television. He was named as the third Children's Laureate in May 2003.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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