Now though, we are looking at it from a different perspective. We read an excerpt from Carrie's War, about a child that was evacuated from London during the Blitz.
WW II
Having been to the Anne Frank exhibition, and read about her life and of the suffering of the Jews, we are very aware of the tragedy that was WW II.
Now though, we are looking at it from a different perspective. We read an excerpt from Carrie's War, about a child that was evacuated from London during the Blitz.
We are currently listening to an audio-book by Michael Morpurgo, called The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips which is based on a teenage girl writing her diary in a village which the Allied Forces have taken over to practice their attack on France to defeat the German army.
Now though, we are looking at it from a different perspective. We read an excerpt from Carrie's War, about a child that was evacuated from London during the Blitz.
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Micheal Morpurgo was born on the 5th of october 1943 and is now 69. During the last years of WW II he was evacuated to Cumberland. He then later moved back to London and then to Esswx. Micheal's first job was a primary school teacher in Kent and there he found his talent for storytelling. He has written over 120 books and is married with 3 children and 6 grandchildren.
Micheal Morpurgo
Micheal Andrew Bridge was born in 1943. His step-father,Jack Morpurgo , was a writer and professer of litrature at Leeds University. Micheal went to school in London, Sussex and canterbury. His unhappy experiance at boarding school would inform his novel The Butterfly Lion. He trained for the brittish army at the Royal Millaterry Academy. He got the chance to fight but was sent home with a injury in action. Later on in life he took up a teaching career. He grauduated with a third class degree. The amazing story of Adolphus Tips was published in 2005. The Last Wolf was published in 2002 and so was Cool, Mr Skip and the Sleeping Sword. Toro Toro was published 2001 and thats just a few of his books!!
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