Michael Morpurgo

Six best-loved novels on the theme of war by the nation?s favourite storyteller and award-winning author of ?War Horse?, brought together in this eBook collection. A perfect introduction to Michael Morpurgo?s enthralling stories for new readers and a classic collection for fans. ?Private Peaceful': Thomas Peaceful and his brother Charlie are on the battlefields of the First World War, trying to keep hope alive in the horror of the trenches through...

SHADOW Aman and his mother live in war-torn Afghanistan. When a Western dog appears at the mouth of their cave, it soon becomes Aman?s constant companion, his shadow as he calls her. But life is becoming increasingly dangerous for Aman and his family? COOL! Michael Morpurgo?s inspiring new story of Robbie, a boy in a coma - victim of a car accident. Locked inside his own head, able to hear but not move or speak, Robbie tries to keep himself from slipping...

All three stories are illustrated by the hugely talented and award-winning, Michael Foreman. ? THE AMAZING STORY OF ADOLPHUS TIPS It's 1943, and Lily lives on a farm, in the idyllic seaside village of Slapton. Apart from her father being away, and the 'townie' evacuees at school, her life is scarcely touched by the war. Until one day, Lily and her family, along with 3000 other villagers, are told to move out of their homes - lock, stock and barrel....

But it's true,' Tom shouted. 'It was a real lion, I know it was.' No-one believes Tom when he says he has seen a lion - padding around the orchard with a string of sausages in its mouth! No-one, that is, except for Clare, the cleverest girl in the class. Together, she and Tom plan to prove his story is true - by catching the lion!.

Marooned on a sandbank, the boy faces certain death. With the sea closing in and the current about to drag him to a watery grave, his final wish is to see heaven. Waking up in a strange bed, the boy meets an old man sitting by the fire with his dog. It is Arhthur, the great warrior king of legend, and from his lips the boy hears of Camelot, magic, evil and betrayal.

No child ever forgets the story of the witch, the breadcrumb trail and the gingerbread house in the forest. Michael Morpurgo takes the Brothers Grimm classic to a new level, weaving from these themes a rich fairytale tapestry of hunger and hope, cruelty and courage.

On holiday in the Devon countryside, Clare is bored by her parents' squabbling and longs for an adventure of her own. But her summer is transformed by a new friendship with retired horse Captain and his reclusive owner.

Drawing on Michael Morpurgo's own childhood experience of first seeing his real father on television, 'My Father Is a Polar Bear' tells the story of two young brothers rediscovering their birth father in the most unlikely of places - and in an entirely unexpected guise!