

Shadow
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Narrator: Abdullah Afzal, Mike Rogers
Unabridged: 2 hr 57 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 09/30/2010
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Narrator: Abdullah Afzal, Mike Rogers
Unabridged: 2 hr 57 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 09/30/2010
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.
One of the most hard-hitting middle grade biographical fiction I have ever read! Morpurgo's books are so well written with such realistic characters and storyline that it's difficult to ignore them. Once you start reading one of his books, you won't be able to stop. At least for me, it's always like......more
Shadow is a book about friendship that spans the UK and Afghanistan. Matt visits his grandfather and tells him about his best friend Aman who along with his mother has been taken to Yarl’s Wood. Aman has lived in the UK for 6 years as an asylum seeker, but according to the Government their time has......more
The book was ok. I believe it was written for a youthful audience but talking about abuse while in Afghanistan and the war is heavy stuff. I guess I don't like thinking about Afghanistan, especially since Biden gave it back to the Taliban after all the sacrifice that was put into it. (I know we had......more
“As ever, Morpurgo's warmth and humanity suffuse a story of courage, love and hope.” – Amanda Craig in the Times “passionate and touching” – Julia Eccleshare