The Wreck of the Zanzibar

A gripping childrens story from War Horse author and former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo. We all knew what was going to happen. Wed seen it before. A ship about to founder staggers before she falls. A huge wave broke over her stern and she did not come upright again. Life on the Scilly Isles in 1907 is bleak and full of hardship. Lauras twin brother, Billy, disappears, and then a storm devastates everything. It seems theres little hope. But then the Zanzibar is wrecked on the islands rocks, and everything changes The Wreck of the Zanzibar is a gripping historical adventure from the author of An Eagle in the Snow, Listen to the Moon, Shadow, and An Elephant in the Garden. Michael Morpurgo has written more than one hundred books for children and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Childrens Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.