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Higher Ground [Illustrated] (Paperback)

by Michael Morpurgo (Foreword), Anuj Goyal (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Chrysalis Children's Books; illustrated edition edition (6 Oct 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844585816
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844585816
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 358,402 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Product Description
Incredibly powerful stories about children's experiences of the Boxing Day 2004 tsunami. Features stories by many of today's best-known authors. Donations from book sales will go to charities active in child welfare. Massive marketing and publicity campaign. A powerful anthology of 18 stories focusing on the experiences of children from all regions affected by the tsunami of Boxing Day 2004. Each child's story, retold by a different well-known children's author, is followed by a short update of the child's progress by the aid-worker who gathered details of story. The book is positive, inspirational, and forward-looking. It tells incredible stories of bravery and survival and looks at how the global aid effort has affected the children involved. An introduction explains what happened in in December 2004 and a map shows the areas affected. The global aid effort is also described, explaining to readers how their charity donations have helped. The charity organizations involved (Unicef, Save the Children and others) have provided the photographs that illustrate book. The cover illustration is by Michael Foreman.

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Featuring many of today's best-known authors: Michael Morpurgo (introduction), Eoin Colfer, Gillian Cross, Melvin Burgess, Alan Gibbons, G P Taylor, Michael Foreman, Malachy Doyle, Tim Bowler, Cliff McNish, Neil Arksey, John Fardell, Judy Allan, Narinder Dhami, Stephanie Baudet, Bernard Ashley, Nick Gifford, Elizabeth Arnold and Steve Volk. Most of the authors featured will be available for publicity appearances and interviews.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A powerfully emotional experience, 7 Dec 2005
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When I bought this book I was not sure what to expect as it is by such a wide variety of authors, but having read it I cannot recommend it highly enough. Although it is a children's book, it is a great read for adults too.

Each story is by a different author and about a real child's experience in the tsunami. You cannot possibly read all of the stories in one go - they are too emotionally charged - but if you read 1 story each day it acts as a poigniant reminder of what is important in life. The stories are harrowing and deeply sad but also, in a strange way, life affirming because the emotions are so real. Each story is followed by a nice postscript about how the children are getting on after the tsunami.

And its all for a good cause, so buy it.

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