An utterly magical of one boy’s desert island adventure – full of friendship, trust and humanity. From the nation’s favourite storyteller.
‘A dazzling adventure’ – The Times
‘I heard the wind above me in the sails. I remember thinking, this is silly, you haven’t got your safety harness on, you haven’t got your lifejacket on. You shouldn’t be doing this … I was in the cold of the sea before I could even open my mouth to scream.’
Washed up on an island in the Pacific, Michael struggles to survive on his own. With no food and no water, he curls up and closes his eyes ready for the end. When he wakes, there is a plate beside him of fish, of fruit, and a bowl of fresh water. He is not alone …
Kensuke’s Kingdom is a gripping adventure of survival and true friendship from the author of War Horse.
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 Children’s Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.
Kensuke’s Kingdom was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and won the FCB Award.
Michael Morpurgo’s book ‘There Once is a Queen’ was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 06-06-2022.
Review
‘A dazzling adventure’ – The Times
Book Description
the classic children’s adventure story of survival, family and friendship
About the Author
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.
- Publisher : Farshore (3 Aug. 2023)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 176 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0008640726
- ISBN-13 : 978-0008640729
- Reading age : 8 – 11 years, from customers
- Dimensions : 12.9 x 2 x 19.8 cm