3.8 AVERAGE

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zazine's review

3.5
emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

maeclegg's review

3.25
emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

vcmc's review

4.0

Magical story set on the Scilly Isles. It has adventure, a backdrop of World War 1, brilliantly drawn characters and tales of a curse.

merrychristmas's review

4.0
hopeful reflective sad tense
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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shonaholmes's review

3.0

Interesting story and premise, well-written as is always the case with Morporgu!

hayley_bopp's review

3.0

Classic Morpurgo tale of friendship in the face of adversity.
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clss97's review

5.0

No one lives there, so you'll have only the terns and the black rabbits for company. You'll be quite alone.

Such a beautiful bittersweet book - I'm so glad I finally read it, and know it will stay with me for a long time.
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bibo_saheb's review

5.0

Im sad its over! (hah)
Michael Morpurgo's books always feel like a bit of a cozy blanket, and this one was no different. The environmental story telling pulled through with allowing an easy imagination of Gracie and Daniel's home. The story is told through Gracie's eyes, and is quite slow at first but does a good job of setting the stakes and setting right before going headfirst into the climax of the story.
It's a fun and relaxing read over all, and perhaps my only complaint is that the whales came in too late (yes I'm going to be petty about that. The narwhals on the cover had me all excited shh) but that still doesn't take away from its charm. Catch me rereading this the next time I can't find a suitable enough fanfiction to drone through during exam season.
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meg_r24's review

3.0

It's a cute story. Although the Birdman is a heart-wrenching character.