Michael Morpurgo King of the Cloud Forests

Michael Morpurgo Kensuke's Kingdom

The Puffin Keeper

Toro! Toro!

Michael Morpurgo Wreck of the Zanzibar

Black Queen

An Elephant in the Garden

Michael Morpurgo Children Collection 16 Books Set

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

The Puffin Keeper

Michael Morpurgo, 2020

Toro! Toro!

Michael Foreman, Michael Morpurgo, 2001

Michael Morpurgo Wreck of the Zanzibar

Michael Morpurgo, 1995

Black Queen

Michael Morpurgo, Michael Morpurgo M.B.E., 2000

An Elephant in the Garden

Michael Morpurgo, 2009

Michael Morpurgo Children Collection 16 Books Set

Michael Morpurgo, 1995