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Overview"Michael and his family are sailing around the world in their yacht, the ""Peggy Sue"". Michael falls overboard and is washed up on a remote island. He must learn to survive on his own, until the day he discovers he is not alone." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael MorpurgoPublisher: Pearson Education Limited Imprint: Heinemann Edition: 1st New edition Dimensions: Width: 12.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 18.80cm Weight: 0.160kg ISBN: 9780435125295ISBN 10: 043512529 Pages: 112 Publication Date: 05 March 2001 Recommended Age: From 11 To 99 Audience: Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , Secondary Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsMore adventure than ordeal, this survival tale will fit the bill for thoughtful readers discomfited by extreme violence or gross details. To Michael, the round-the-world sail he's taking with his parents aboard the 42-foot Peggy Sue is great fun, until the moment he and his dog Stella Artois are washed overboard. Michael comes to on a small island, inhabited by gibbons, a colony of orangutans-and Kensuke, a Japanese naval doctor stranded there more than 40 years before. The plot centers around Michael's emotional ups and down as he battles loneliness and mosquitoes, then grows closer to his rescuer, who supplies him with food and water, but makes him stay on one end of the island, at least until he's stung by a jellyfish, and needs nursing back to health. Kensuke has built a small, beautiful world for himself that he teaches Michael to see, and to paint, in exchange for English lessons and news of the outside. When Michael's steadfast parents arrive, after nearly a year's searching, to carry him and Stella away, Kensuke opts to stay behind-but it's plain that his spirit and simplicity have worked profound changes on his young charge. A prizewinning import: sensitive, perceptive, and well-told. (Fiction. 10-12) (Kirkus Reviews) When Michael's parents are made redundant, they decide to sail round the world. But Michael is washed overboard while both parents are asleep, and finds himself on a deserted island where food and water are mysteriously provided for him. This is Michael's evocative account of his time on the island, not knowing what has happened to his parents or whether he will ever be rescued. Shortlisted for the Whitbread Award. (11 yrs +)When Michael's parents are made redundant, they decide to sail round the world. But Michael is washed overboard while both parents are asleep, and finds himself on a deserted island where food and water are mysteriously provided for him. This is Michael's evocative account of his time on the island, not knowing what has happened to his parents or whether he will ever be rescued. Winner of the Children's Book Award 2000, which is voted on by children only. (11 yrs +) (Kirkus UK) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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