War Horse

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Morpurgo, Michael (1 January 2014). "First world war centenary is a year to honour the dead but not to glorify". The Guardian.

At the veterinary hospital, Joey happens to be cared for by Albert, who works there and has a friend named David. Albert realizes that Joey is his old horse only after cleaning all the mud off him, and seeing how he responds to his whistle. Albert starts caring for Joey again like he used to. Later, David and two horses from the hospital are killed by a stray shell, putting Albert in a state of depression, as David had cared for him like a brother. At the end of the war, Major Martin announces that they will auction off all the horses, despite the protests of Sergeant Thunder and the rest of the soldiers. During the auction, Sergeant Thunder loses to an old man for Joey. The man is Emilie's grandfather and was looking for Joey. Emilie's grandfather tells Albert about how Joey and Topthorn came to their farm, and that Emilie had lost the will to live after they were taken from her, with Emilie fading away and dying at just 15 years old. Emilie's grandfather sells Joey to Albert for a cheap price, in return for telling people about Emilie, and keeping her memory alive. Albert and Joey return to England, where they live in peace and Joey meets Albert's girlfriend, Maisie, with whom he does not get along very well.Taylor, Jerome (19 June 2010). "Europe's finest join up for 'War Horse' ". The Independent. London . Retrieved 27 February 2011. Then, there was the very gentle and wise Captain Nicholls who reminded me on an older version of Albert and Major Stewart with his horse Topthorn who soon became Joey's best friend during the war. Warhorse is a moving story about a horse called Joey and his experiences during service in the first world war. Joey a farmhorse is sold to the army and witnesses battle from both side of the trenches. 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.

Butcher, Emily (31 October 2011). "Morpurgo's myth revealed". National Army Museum . Retrieved 8 November 2011. War Horse was adapted by Steven Spielberg as a major motion picture with Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, and Benedict Cumberbatch. The National Theatre production opened in 2007 and has enjoyed successful runs in the West End and on Broadway. Are you diving head first into Michael Morpurgo’s library of titles this February? Or perhaps you’d simply like to learn more about this wonderful author. Either way, we’re here to help! We’ve teamed up with book publisher Harper Collins to bring you a plethora of engaging Michael Morpurgo activities to enjoy both in school and at home. This element of humanity is undeniably prevalent in a pure form to show how humans can only take so much. For a majority of this war, the people didn’t even know what they were fighting for. They didn’t hate each other--they knew they were all equals, and they respected each other in that. Before becoming an author, Morpurgo was a school teacher and particularly enjoyed reading to his learners. When he ran out of stories, he decided to write some of his own! So, in 1974, he wrote his first book ‘It Never Rains: Five Stories’. Since then he has written over 130 books that are adored by both children and adults alike!Small Books can often leave big impressions and this is the case with War Horse by Michael Morpurgo.

But then there was also Joey's particular strong bound to some of them like first and foremost Albert. They fight a war and they don't know what for. Isn't that crazy? How can one man kill another and not really know the reason why he does it, except that the other man wears a different color uniform and speaks a different language?”

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He was such an observing and loyal and caring and loving character. I am very sceptical about animal POV's but this one was remarkably beautiful.

War Horse is a British war novel by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in Great Britain by Kaye & Ward in 1982. The story recounts the experiences of Joey, a horse bought by the Army for service in World War I in France and the attempts of 15-year-old Albert, his previous owner, to bring him safely home. It formed the basis of both an award-winning play (2007) and an acclaimed film adaptation (2011) by Steven Spielberg. The novel is often considered one of Morpurgo's best works, and its success spawned a sequel titled Farm Boy, which was published in October 1997.Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL, FKC is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse. During the war, Joey meets another war horse as well as a number of people - soldiers of all ranks, civilians from different walks of life, ... As well as being a fantastic book, War Horse was also adapted into a well-loved stage play, which premiered in 2007 and has been performed around the world. Shortly after this, War Horse was adapted into a musical, premiering on London’s West End in 2009 and on Broadway in 2011. A film adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg was also released in 2011. Most recently, War Horse has been made into an engaging picture book aimed at children aged 5 years and over. Beautifully illustrated, it really brings the story to life and makes it more accessible to younger readers.