Michael Morpurgo
1) War horse
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Joey the horse recalls his experiences growing up on an English farm, his struggle for survival as a cavalry horse during World War I, and his reunion with his beloved master.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012, c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Johnny Trott, a bell-boy at London's Savoy Hotel in 1912, becomes caregiver to Kaspar Kandinsky, the Prince of Cats, and soon the two are stowing away on the Titanic, where they are befriended by the Stanton family of New York.
3) Shadow
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2012, c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Teenager Aman and his mother lose their loyal spaniel Shadow while escaping Afghanistan to flee to England. Now they must depend on a friend and his grandfather to enable Shadow's return.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In World War II-era England, Michael learns about his black British Army soldier grandfather, a World War I officer who risked his life to save wounded men but who did not receive special commendations because of his race.
6) War horse
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Albert Narracott enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse Joey is sold to the cavalry.