Listen to the Moon, Michael Morpurgo
Listen to the Moon, Michael Morpurgo
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Listen to the Moon

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Narrator: Mike Grady, Laurence Bouvard

Unabridged: 9 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 09/25/2014

Synopsis

The stunning novel set during World War One from Michael Morpurgo, the nation’s favourite storyteller and multi-million copy bestseller. May, 1915. Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on an uninhabited island in the Scillies – injured, thirsty, lost… and with absolutely no memory of who she is, or how she came to be there. She can say only one word: Lucy. Where has she come from? Is she a mermaid, the victim of a German U-boat, or even – as some islanders suggest – a German spy…? Only one thing is for sure: she loves music and moonlight, and it is when she listens to the gramophone that the glimmers of the girl she once was begin to appear. WW1 is raging, suspicion and fear are growing, and Alfie and Lucy are ever more under threat. But as we begin to see the story of Merry, a girl boarding a great ship for a perilous journey across the ocean, another melody enters the great symphony – and the music begins to resolve… A beautiful tour de force of family, love, war and forgiveness, this is a major new novel from the author of PRIVATE PEACEFUL – in which what was once lost may sometimes be found, washed up again on the shore…

About Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best loved writers for children, with sales of over 35 million copies. He has written over 150 books, has served as Children’s Laureate, and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guild Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife, Clare, he is the co-founder of Farms for City Children. Michael was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Olivia

I first read this book a few years ago, I started it and I enjoyed it, but for some reason, I could never bring myself to pick it back up again. Looking back now I most certainly regret it. This time I did, however, and I am so happy I did! I loved it! I am a big fan of Michael Morpurgo writing and......more

Goodreads review by Mehreen

This was my first Michael Morpurgo book and I thought, where has this author been all my life?! This review might turn out to be more about the author than this particular book. Before I move on to talk about Michael Morpurgo, let me just say, I loved this book. “Magical” storytelling, with vivid la......more

Goodreads review by Katy

Michael Morpurgo often uses stories taken from tales he hears around him, from people he meets, from history. His latest is a combination, a story ostensibly based on his own grandmother's history and a story at the heart of the First World War. A girl is found by chance on an uninhabited Scilly Isla......more

Goodreads review by Alex

It's May 1915 and World War I is in full swing. On the Scilly Island of Bryher, Alfie Wheatcroft has just played hooky to go fishing with his dad. One their way home with their catch, Alfie hears a moaning sound coming from the deserted St. Helen's island. Checking it out, he and his dad discover a......more

Quotes

“Please invite this wonderful story in, you won’t regret it. History is rarely more movingly alive.” Morris Gleitzman “Michael Morpurgo [has an] exceptional ability to draw you in with a mixture of historical fact and emotional pull.” Charlotte Norman, Waterstones Bookseller “A belter of a book that rivals War Horse in its cinematic storytelling” Daily Telegraph Praise for Michael Morpurgo:“Michael Morpurgo writes brilliantly about war and animals, conveying the big emotions without preaching.” Guardian “Champagne quality over a wide range of subjects.” Daily Telegraph “There are few children’s writers as compelling as Michael Morpurgo.” Daily Express “Morpurgo, as always, is subtle and skilful, and incorporates social and moral issues into his writing without being self-righteous or detracting from the quality of the narrative”Elizabeth Reilly, British Council “The former children's laureate has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers.” Guardian

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