Morpurgo, Michael

A young boy in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, distressed to realize that Paco, the bull he has raised since its birth, is going to die in the bullring, decides to give Paco his freedom and follows the animal into the hills just in time to see his family die in a bombing raid on his farm and village.

The courage and trust of young Hosea and his teacher Shanga is tested when their village is destroyed by the horrid monster Blodin.

Presents a collection of five short stories of magic and strange happenings centered around Zennor, a tiny church town in Cornwall.

Jo and Benjamin devise an elaborate escape plan to save a band of Jewish children in Vichy, France during World War II.

A collection of twenty-one short stories by various authors featuring brave and extraordinary animals.

A young journalist goes to Venice, Italy, to interview a famous violinist, who tells the story of his parents' incarceration by the Nazis, and explains why they can no longer listen to the music of Mozart.

A boy observes and becomes fond of a swan as she finds a mate, has cygnets, and defends herself and her young from a fox.

Ten-year-old Jessie, helped by her American cousin and the ghost of a notorious female pirate, finds the strength to prevail over both a crippling disease and the greedy developers intent on destroying her Irish island home.

When her grandfather suddenly appears after having been absent from the family for fifty years, twelve-year-old Cessie helps him escape to Dunkirk to recover his past.