![]() Michael has written more than forty books for children including the global hit War Horse, which was made into a Hollywood film by Steven Spielberg in 2011. He is one of the most successful children's authors in the country, loved by children, teachers and parents alike. ![]() ![]() Michael Morpurgo Former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo needs no introduction. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. When they return to the port, Popsicle and his son, Cessie's father, are finally reconciled. ![]() A past that comes to him only in glimpses - a lifeboat, a tin of condensed milk, and a terrifying night on the beaches of Dunkirk in World War II.Gradually, Popsicle recovers his memory and, with Cessie's help, realises a dream by taking the residents of Shangri-La on an adventurous journey across the channel in his lifeboat. So when he is sent off to Shangri-La, an old people's home, she is determined to help him escape and to unravel the truth of his past. Only Cessie loves him and believes in him. Popsicle is impossible to live with - moody, forgetful, clumsy. Doesn't that mean anything to you?' Cessie has never seen her grandfather, not even in photos, until the day he turned up on the doorstep out of nowhere.The old man has a stroke. After all those years, he's found his son and you've found your father. ![]() 'He's got no one else.and nowhere else to go. ![]()
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