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War Horse (Paperback)

by Michael Morpurgo (Author), Francois Place (Illustrator)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd; New edition edition (4 Nov 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1405215879
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405215879
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 46,644 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The story of a friendship lasting through the toughest of tests. Through the eyes of the war horse, Joey, Michael Morpurgo tells the moving and powerful story of survival on the Western Front.
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98 of 100 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Some horse sense..., 4 Oct 2004
By Christian Spriet "Chacklee Chack" (Bruges, Belgium) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: War Horse (Paperback)
Set in three European countries where war hits hard in 1914, Morpurgo's book surprisingly puts its focus with a young horse, through whose eyes and mind the reader is familiarized with the atrocities of war as they unfold. While as a literary device this might appear cheap or far-fetched, here it functions in quite a unique way.
Whether witness, victim or participant, Joey (the horse) merely undergoes whilst observing without interacting by means of speech the way that humans would.
The restraint which the author imposes on his narrative in selecting this point of view just works wonders. The further into the story, the reader (whether adult or youngster) gradually conceives a growing sympathy with the war horse and ends up nearly identifying with his animal companion.
Along with Joey, he gets to interact with the people (civilian or military) who temporarily own him and gradually will, of his own account, make a distinction between the ones who approach him fairly or harshly. As he is dragged into the avalanche of warfare, he gets to make sense of the horse's gratitude and emotionality one way, and his pain or distress, another.
To cut (not such) a long story short, to say that Mr Morpurgo does perfect credit to whoever gets dragged into the nightmarish abyss of war at any time and any place, is no exaggeration. His understated style only adds to the qualities that characterize the book as it is.
Perfection is not of this world, so the word goes, but this one comes ever so close.
War horse is a gem. It is a must-read, and not just for young readers.
Read and understand why, at times, books are indispensable.
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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, 17 Sep 2004
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I read this book when I was about ten, it was amazing, totally absorbing, I got to the major war scene when I was in quiet reading at school, and cried. Thirteen years later, I have never forgotten this book, it's wonderful, and the author is great and really knows how to capture a reader.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone should read this book!, 20 April 2006
By T. J. Measures "tracymeasures" (Warsop, Notts) - See all my reviews
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Not since Black Beauty has there been a book like this one. War Horse also tells the plight of the soliders, both German and English and the horrors that they went through. It made me cry but the ending made me smile as well. I think everyone should read it and Anna Sewell would have been proud of it!
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4.0 out of 5 stars this should touch the hearts of everyone
I bought this book because my grandfather took his horse into the Great War; she saved his life, but he wasn't allowed to bring her home. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Diana Donald

5.0 out of 5 stars great book,a must read.
This book is amazing and very emotional, you follow a horse named Joey taken from his comfortable life on a farm at the beginning of world war 1 and thrust into the frontline... Read more
Published 17 days ago by Clan McRae

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, touching book
I loved this book. I cried from start to finish, and even driving home on the way from work tonight (i finished it last night! Read more
Published 26 days ago by K. Howes

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written
This book has been written for children but is equally captivating to adults alike. The book isn't long but nothing is lost from it. Read more
Published 28 days ago by S. D. Williams

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of War Horse (book)
This book is a must for all horse lovers everywhere.
It also gives an insight into what conditions must have been like for man and beast during the first world war... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. Marjorie E. Blake

5.0 out of 5 stars I used to hate reading and I didn't want to read an animal book!!
I needed to read an animal book for school work, so my mum ordered this book and I told her that I wasn't going to read it, but she gradually persuaded me and I couldn't stop... Read more
Published 1 month ago

5.0 out of 5 stars a must read
a children's book all adults should read-wonderfully written and emotional. A brilliant way to look at the difficult topic of war and how it affects all life
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. Michele O. E. Beesley

5.0 out of 5 stars War Horse, Great Book
This is a great book, it tells you about the first world war through the eyes of a horse. Even though we will never know how or what horses think, i am sure the way this has been... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Rhiannon

5.0 out of 5 stars War Horse
An excellent read for children and adults. Makes history readable for children and rememerable for adults.
Published 3 months ago by Ms. A. V. Peters

5.0 out of 5 stars The Equestrian War Correspondent.
My ten year old daughter chose this book as a school project about war fiction. I read it with her because some of the vocabulary was a little advanced for her age. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ian Johnson

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