Out of the Ashes, Michael Morpurgo
Out of the Ashes, Michael Morpurgo
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Out of the Ashes

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Narrator: Sophie Aldred

Unabridged: 1 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 10/04/2010

Synopsis

READ BY SOPHIE ALDREDOn January 1st 2001, Becky Morley begins to write her diary. By March 12th, her world has changed for ever… When Becky Morley begins keeping her diary in January, foot and mouth disease is just an item on the news, something happening hundreds of miles from her family's farm in Devon. But now the nightmare is a few fields away and local flocks are being destroyed. Will the Morleys' animals be next? Will their cattle, their sows and piglets escape the cull? And what about Little Josh, Becky's hand-reared lamb? The waiting and hoping is the most agonising experience of Becky's life… Out of the Ashes is a powerful and moving fictional account of true events by award-winning author, Michael Morpurgo.

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 Ellie

Heartbreaking. Being a children's book it was very simple and to the point but had me in tears.......more

Goodreads review by John

Before I review any of Michael Morpurgo's works I normally have to compose myself. This was no different. He is primarily classed as a children's author but he is also one of the most emotional authors around. It is a fictionalised but true to life account of the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak. It cent......more

Goodreads review by Sophie

I really enjoyed this book because it can carry your feelings within its self it can be sad but happy it has animals and people and sometimes illustrations. The characters were nice to read about. I would recommend this to any age group over 9. It’s basically an emotional rollercoaster you can’t tel......more

Quotes

About the book, from Amazon:“This book is a very very good read for people affected or unaffected by Foot and Mouth. It helps give an insight from a childs perspective into how foot and mouth affected farmers and their families.” “Michael Morpurgo has managed to distil so much of the pain and anguish that has been inflicted on farming communities throughout the UK by Fooot and Mouth Disease … the simplicity and authenticity of the writing is quite breathtaking.” “Well done Michael Morpurgo for conveying what so many of us have felt over the last months and been so lamentably unable to express to others. Please read it!” “I feel that Michael Morpurgo has enabled the reader to empathise with the plight of the farmer in these harrowing and distressing times. Once again, Morpurgo is not afraid to deal with death and other difficult topics in his childrens' books.”

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