Friend or Foe, Michael Morpurgo
Friend or Foe, Michael Morpurgo
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Friend or Foe

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Narrator: Will Welch

Unabridged: 2 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 01/05/2012

Synopsis

From master storyteller Michael Morpurgo comes "Friend or Foe". Evacuated from London, David and Tucky feel like the war is a long way away from their new life in the countryside. From master storyteller Michael Morpurgo comes "Friend or Foe". Evacuated from London, David and Tucky feel like the war is a long way away from their new life in the countryside. Then one night the skyline of the moor is lit up with gun flashes, and the distant crump of bombing miles away brings the war back to them and shatters their new-found peace. When a German bomber crashes, the boys feel they should hate the airmen inside. But one of them saves David's life…

About 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

Goodreads review by Ken on October 30, 2018

Young David is evacuated from London to the countryside. During a night of bombing David and he’s friend Tucky discover a German bomber has crash landed in the moors, the pair are both morally conflicted if they should helping the airman. It’s a very quick well written story, I liked how it challenge......more

Goodreads review by Molly on June 19, 2024

Loved Morpurgo books as a kid and really enjoyed reading this again......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on August 08, 2013

"Friend or Foe" is about two boys evacuated from London in the second world war. Davey and Tucky are best friends and are taken in by the kind farmer Mr Reynolds and his wife Ann. Initially frightened to be so far away from home and at a different school they quickly settle in to country life. Davey......more

Goodreads review by Laura on January 22, 2012

I did this book with my Year 4 class on school experience and they loved it. I really enjoyed it too :) It's about two evacuees, David and Tucky, who are evacuated from London to the countryside during the war. While they think they are far from the reality of war, one night they come across an inju......more

Goodreads review by J. White on March 17, 2017

A very good book. David and Tucky are great characters and I enjoyed reading this book as I was wondering what they would do next. A good read. Highly recommended.......more

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