The Kites Are Flying! First Edition. Morpurgo SIGNED loose book plate.

Morpurgo, Michael

ISBN 10: 1406317985 / ISBN 13: 9781406317985

Published by Walker, London, 2009

About this Item

1st printing. Dust jacket comes in a new, clear removable protective cover.

Seller Inventory # 002785

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Kites Are Flying! First Edition. Morpurgo SIGNED loose book plate.
• Publisher: Walker, London
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1406317985
• ISBN 13: 9781406317985
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: laura Carlin
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

A television reporter's extraordinary experience in the West Bank reveals how children's hopes and dreams for peace and unity can fly higher than any wall built to divide communities and religions. Travelling to the West Bank to witness how life is for Palestinians and Jews living in the shadow of a dividing wall, journalist Max strikes up a friendship with an enigmatic Palestinian boy, Said. Together the two sit under an ancient olive tree while Said makes another of his kites. As Max is welcomed as a guest, he learns of the terrible events in the family's past and begins to understand why Said no longer speaks. Told from both Max's and Said's points of view, Morpurgo has created a beautiful tale of tragedy and hope with an ending that rings with joy.

About the Author

Michael Morpurgo, the 2003-2005 Children's Laureate, is widely recognized as a master storyteller, and has won numerous awards for his work, including the Smarties Book Prize, the Writer's Guild Award and the Children's Book Award (for The Wreck of the Zanzibar). Michael lives in Devon. Laura Carlin is a graduate of the Royal College of Art and the award-winning illustrator of Sonya Hartnett's The Silver Donkey.