War Horse
Author:
Michael Morpurgo
Cover Artist:
Victor Ambrus
Publication:
1982 by Kaye and Ward Ltd
Genre:
Animal Story, Fiction, Historical Fiction
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In the summer of 1914 Albert was growing up on his father's farm in Devon with a young horse he called Joey. In Germany Friedrich was at work in his butcher's shop. In France little Emilie played with her brothers in their orchard. But the clouds of war were on the horizon, and the armies gathered, drawing them all into a nightmare from which there was no escape.
This is the deeply moving story of Joey, the people whose lives he touches, and their struggle for survival in the blasted wilderness of the Western Front.
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War Horse
Reviewed by Diane Pendergraft
Two books have made me cry in front of my class while reading aloud. One was Little Britches, the other was War Horse by Michael Morpurgo. It’s not that I only cry about horses. It is the suffering of innocent creatures that gets me. In the case of War Horse, it is also the senselessness of war, WWI in particular. The clash of the technology of two different centuries makes for particularly gruesome situations.
My intent is not to make sure you never read this book. It is to try to explain some of its power. I’ve heard different comments about the intensity of the story. I also hope to give you some details to help you discern whether this might be a good fit for you or your family.
War Horse
Despite relentless English and German anti-war rumination, and Joey's own supra-equine understandings: some distinct...
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