Kensuke's Kingdom [electronic resource]
Morpurgo, Michael2011
eAudioBook
A desert-island adventure, and a subtle observation of friendship, trust and humanity.
Winner of The Children's Book Award.
Superbly read by DEREK JACOBI.
When Michael is washed up on an island in the Pacific after falling from his parents' yacht, he struggles to survive on his own. He can't find food and he can't find water, and as Michael and his dog curl up to sleep, he knows they cannot last long.
But he soon realises there is someone close by, someone who is watching over him and helping him to stay alive. Following a close-run battle between life and death, the mysterious stranger -- Kensuke -- allows Michael into his world and they become friends, teaching and learning from each other, until the day of separation becomes inevitable.
Main title:
Kensuke's Kingdom [electronic resource] / Michael Morpurgo
Author:
Morpurgo, Michael, AuthorJacobi, Derek, Narrator
Work:
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins Publishers, 2011
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 3
Biography/History:
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.
ISBN:
9780007457281
Language:
English
BRN:
356750