Shadow

By Michael Morpurgo

Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storyteller

A stunning and moving novel from Michael Morpurgo, the nation’s favourite storyteller – featuring the bravest dog in all the world…

This is the story of Aman, as told in his own words – a boy from Afghanistan fleeing the horror of the Afghan war. When a western dog shows up outside the caves where Aman lives with his mother, Aman is initially repulsed – it is not customary for people to keep dogs as pets in his part of the world. But when Aman and his mother finally decide to make a bid for freedom, the dog Aman has called Shadow will not leave their side. Soon it becomes clear: the destinies of boy and dog are linked, and always will be…

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Release date: Oct 21, 2010
• ISBN: 9780007423798

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.

Reviews for Shadow

[lamour_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Peter Harding joins HM Submarine Shadow as Number 1 and discovers it is not a happy ship because of an unlikable commander. After showing his competence during a successful sinking of two submarines on the same shoot, his captain is impressed. Under a new captain, the ship turns itself around and joins convoy duty, attacks an enemy decoy ship and shoots up a Nazi base in Norway.As with a Reman vovel, there is much detail about living on and sailing a submarine. First rate if you like the genre.o