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    The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

    By Michael Morpurgo

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 3, 2010
    ISBN9780007386017
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    Michael Morpurgo

    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.

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    • 4/5
      The Amazing Story of Adolphis Tips is a great historical fiction read for young students. The story is mainly written in dairy entries from Lily that she has shared with her grandson years later. It tells of her life back during the war and having to move from her home all mixed in with her own love story and Tips's misadventures. I think this book is a great read for young children because sometimes history class can bore them right out of their seats. But if while they are studying WWII or D-day in social studies they could also be reading this book in Reading to get another view of the war. Instead of just seeing facts and facts they can read a fictional account of a personal time during the war. To integrate another subject into the social studies and reading ELA could also be added. The class could work on writing their own diary entries as if they were living where Lily did during the time of the war. This could be a writing activity for students and help enrich all areas of learning in the classroom.
    • 5/5
      The Amazing Story Of Adolphus Tips by Michael Morpurgo is about a girl, her cat, D day training and a friendship with an American soldier. It's framed with a letter received by a boy named Michael from his beloved grandmother as she heads out on her first adventure in a long time. She includes her diary of the time her village was forced to relocate for D-Day training as an explanation for her current actions.Most of the story then is Lily's flashback. Her father is a pilot in the war and now she and her family are being forced to pack up their belongings. The entire town is to be evacuated so it can be used for D-Day training by American troops using live ammunition.Tips, the family cat, doesn't keep with the plan and runs off after they've evacuated. It's Lily's attempts to rescue her cat that give her the chance to meet the Americans. One of them, a young soldier named Adie becomes her good friend.How all these different events in Lily's childhood play out and how they relate to her present day actions is explained by the end of the book. It was a fascinating and sometimes heart stopping read. The ending took me by surprise (as well it should).
    • 3/5
      Based on my reading in 2011 or War Horse and Private Peaceful, it's fair to say that Michael Morpurgo is one of my favourite Young Adult authors, but unfortunately, I can't say this is one of my favourite books by him. Set against the backdrop of WWII, the story is set in 1943. Twelve-year-old Lily lives on a farm close to the seaside in and English village. Her father is away with the army, and she and her classmates have to put up with the "townie" evacuees at school, but otherwise the war seems far away. Until one day, Lily and her family and all the other villagers are notified that they have fifteen days to evacuate their homes and relocate. The Allied forces intend to use the village and it's ideal seaside location to practice for their landing in Normandy, better known as D-Day. Lily meets with a young American soldier and instantly takes a liking to him. He's the first black man she's ever seen, and she soon grows very fond of Adie. One of Lily's greatest concern is that her beloved cat, Tips, has gone missing and she is worried Tips might be harmed in one of the army's practice exercises, when guns and real bombs are used. But Adie has promised Lily that Tips will come home unharmed and she is inclined to trust the young soldier. The story is told by a young boy who's grandmother has given him her girlhood diary to read, so that most of the story is narrated from the point of view of a twelve-year old girl. It's a sweet story, and the ending definitely struck a sentimental chord with me, but I guess my biggest problem with this novel is that I kept waiting for something Amazing to happen to Tips, and felt let down in that sense. I was bothered by the voice of a twelve year-old girl and her seemingly silly concerns, and felt at times that this book was truly best left to young girls to read. On the audiobook version, Morpurgo read the afterword, informing the reader of some of the facts the story was based on. One incident which is related in the narrative alludes to Operation Tiger, an incident which was kept under wraps for many years. This information augmented my appreciation of the novel. I should also say that, I've just now found out that the book is based on Morpurgo's and his grandmother's real-life experiences, which again, has raised my appreciation of the novel quite a lot. I just wish the title hadn't misled me, as I might have appreciated the story quite a bit more.
    • 5/5
      Good book and good characters.
    • 5/5
      this is a sad story about a wartime cat who has kittens who are due to be drowned. they escape.
    • 4/5
      Great book! Love all characters.
    • 4/5
      This is a lovely, charming story of a young girl and the adjustments she had to make during a particular time during WWII. Lily, her mother and grandfather have to tend to their farm without the help of her father, who joined the British Army. It is difficult having a number of unfamiliar London children as part of their community. Then there is the influx of American soldiers in their small town. Lily must navigate these unsure and scary times, but she knows that she always has her faithful cat Tips with her. The characters are all down to earth individuals, likable and ones you come to care about. It is not overly sentimental but will bring tears to your eyes. I thoroughly enjoyed Lily's tale and would definitely recommend to anyone needing a good historical fiction novel for a school assignment.
    • 5/5
      love it. its a wonderful story
    • 5/5
      When a little girl gets evacuated from her home her cat, Adoulphus Tips, ventures back into the danger zone where her home once was. She determindly followed the cat in a daring attempt to rescue him. With the ear-splitting bombs and screams of death right beside her, will she ever get out alive? Will she save Adoulphs Tips?????
    • 4/5
      This is a story about a cat in the Second World War and the evacuation of an area of England during that time. While it is written for children, it is a lovely book and worth a read for grown ups too.