Michael Morpurgo King of the Cloud Forests

Michael Morpurgo Kensuke's Kingdom

A Medal for Leroy

The Puffin Keeper

Private Peaceful

Toro! Toro!

Michael Morpurgo Wreck of the Zanzibar

The Sleeping Sword

The powerful new novel from the master storyteller - inspired by the true story of one man who might have stopped World War II.


1940. The train is under attacks from German fighters. In the darkness, sheltering in a railway tunnel, the stranger in the carriage with Barney and his mother tells them a story to pass the time.


And what a story. The story of a young man, a young soldier in the trenches of World War I who, on the spur of the moment, had done what he thought was the right thing.


It turned out to have been the worst mistake he ever could have made – a mistake he must put right before it is too late…

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Michael Morpurgo King of the Cloud Forests

Michael Morpurgo, 1987

Michael Morpurgo Kensuke's Kingdom

Michael Morpurgo, 1999

A Medal for Leroy

Michael Foreman, Michael Morpurgo, 2012

The Puffin Keeper

Michael Morpurgo, 2020

Private Peaceful

Michael Morpurgo, 2003

Toro! Toro!

Michael Foreman, Michael Morpurgo, 2001

Michael Morpurgo Wreck of the Zanzibar

Michael Morpurgo, 1995

The Sleeping Sword

Michael Morpurgo, 2002