Kensuke's Kingdom Award-winning author by Michael Morpurgo (author) (UK edition)

‘I heard the wind above me in the sails. I remember thinking, this is silly, you haven’t got your safety harness on, you haven’t got your lifejacket on. You shouldn’t be doing this … I was in the cold of the sea before I could even open my mouth to scream.’

Washed up on an island in the Pacific, Michael struggles to survive on his own. With no food and no water, he curls up and closes his eyes ready for the end. When he wakes, there is a plate beside him of fish, of fruit, and a bowl of fresh water. He is not alone …

Kensuke’s Kingdom is a gripping adventure of survival and true friendship from the author of War Horse.

Michael Morpurgo has written more than one hundred books for children and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children’s Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.

Kensuke’s Kingdom was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and won the FCB Award.

Product Details

Catalogue number

480 in Global Primary May 2024

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780008640729

Publisher

Farshore

Date published

August 3rd, 2023

Other details

176 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Available in these packs

10books
Gifted Readers Ages 7-9 Pack
New

usd prices

Price: $94.10

gbp prices

Price: £61.12
30copies
Kensuke's Kingdom x30

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Price: $369.14

gbp prices

Price: £239.70
6copies
Kensuke's Kingdom x6

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Price: $73.83

gbp prices

Price: £47.94

Author/Illustrator

Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo is a master storyteller, weaving captivating stories full of drama and intensity that are coming to be regarded as true classics. Exploring the most profound subjects with a light yet powerful touch, his books tell unforgettable stories in simple, direct words.

Michael Morpurgo discovered his talent for writing while working as a teacher. “We had to read the children a story every day and my lot were bored by the book I was reading. I decided I had to do something and told them the kind of story I used to tell my kids – it was like a soap opera, and they focused on it. I could see there was magic in it for them, and realised there was magic in it for me.”

Living in Devon, listening to Mozart, and working with children have provided most of the stimulae Michael needs to discover and write his stories. He spends about half his life mucking out sheds with the children, feeding sheep or milking cows; the other half he spends dreaming up and writing stories. “For me, the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out – the writing down of it I always find hard. But I love finishing it, then holding the book in my hand and sharing my dream with my readers.”

Reviews

R.w
on 17 January 2024

Kesukes kingdom

I absolutely love Kandi kingdom. It’s a fun story that will leave you on cliffhangers and when you read again, you will wanna keep on reading and reading and reading. I give this book 5 stars it is amazing and I recommend for other people who want to read the nice box so we can Kingdom