Michael Morpurgo Pair

Two hypnotic tales woven around the figure of King Arthur, the legendary High King of Britain. The Sleeping Sword tells the story of Bun, a modern-day blind boy who dreams of finding the mythical sword Excalibur. When he stumbles upon a buried treasure in his father’s field, could its ancient power restore the light? In Arthur, High King of Britain, a boy on a sea walk round the Scilly Isles is cut off by the tide. Having given up hope of survival, he finds himself waking beside a warm fire with a man, Arthur Pendragon, who is full of strange and amazing tales. Tales of the brave knights Galahad and Lancelot, of beautiful Queen Guinevere, of Camelot castle, the magical sword Excalibur, and the quest for the Holy Grail…

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Nashdasher

These books really make you think what it must have been like back then.

9 March 2013
Too-Amazayn

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Michael Morpurgo is a brilliant author who feels children’s books with real emotion rather than just shallow happily ever afters, I recommend him to everyone

6 March 2013
HAC10

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This book is very interesting book.

(So Far!!!!!!!!)

29 May 2012
dashernasher

These are great stories about arthur. My favourite one is Sleeping sword

4 March 2012
semb1234

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these books are for older teens but they are stil good.

17 September 2011

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Michael Morpurgo

Master storyteller Michael Morpurgo has written over 100 books for children, and has won a multitude of awards as well as serving as Children’s Laureate from 2003-2005.

Awards

Michael was the Children’s Laureate 2003-2005, and has won many awards including The Whitbread Prize For The Wreck of the Zanzibar, the Smarties prize for The Butterfly Lion the Blue Peter Award for Private Peaceful and the Red House award for Shadow.