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Alone on a Wide Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo
4.0
What an emotional read!
The story follows Arthur who is orphaned in WW11 forced to separate from his sister and is sent to the other side of the world. There his extraordinary journey continues as he and his newfound friend Marty survive brutal captivity on a working farm, finds a new family with the eccentric Aunty Meg and her animals and discovers their talent for designing yachts.
Sixty years later Arthur's daughter Allie sets sail single-handed in a yacht designed by her father, determined to find his long-lost sister in England.
This was certainly an emotional voyage of a book! I loved the continuous references to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and the imagery and meaning that is created from it. I would certainly suggest that this book should be for a much older child due to the occasional swear word and very dark themes including suicide. I definitely preferred the first half of the book as I found the emails quite repetitive and generally lost my interest a bit but nevertheless, this was a poignant and powerful story that conveys the value of family, friendship, hope and love.
The story follows Arthur who is orphaned in WW11 forced to separate from his sister and is sent to the other side of the world. There his extraordinary journey continues as he and his newfound friend Marty survive brutal captivity on a working farm, finds a new family with the eccentric Aunty Meg and her animals and discovers their talent for designing yachts.
Sixty years later Arthur's daughter Allie sets sail single-handed in a yacht designed by her father, determined to find his long-lost sister in England.
This was certainly an emotional voyage of a book! I loved the continuous references to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and the imagery and meaning that is created from it. I would certainly suggest that this book should be for a much older child due to the occasional swear word and very dark themes including suicide. I definitely preferred the first half of the book as I found the emails quite repetitive and generally lost my interest a bit but nevertheless, this was a poignant and powerful story that conveys the value of family, friendship, hope and love.