Born To Run - signed pb

Morpurgo, Michael (illus Foreman, Michael)

ISBN 10: 0007230591 / ISBN 13: 9780007230594

Published by HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks, 2008

About this Item

Paperback signed and dedicated by Michael Morpurgo. Child's name inscribed (twice). In good previously read condition. [abeb]. Seller Inventory # ABE-1606559458805

Bibliographic Details

Title: Born To Run - signed pb

Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis:

"The sack wasn't just drifting gently along like everything else, it was turning of its own accord. There was definitely something inside it, struggling against the side of the plastic bag, kicking at it, squeaking and squealing in terror. He had no idea what it might be, only that it was alive and in danger of drowning."When Patrick saves a litter of greyhound puppies from the canal, he can't bear to hand them all over to the RSPCA. He pleads with his parents: couldn't he just keep one of them? But nothing will convince them and Patrick cries himself to sleep - only to be woken by a greyhound puppy licking his face!Patrick christens his puppy Best Mate, and that's what he becomes. Patrick's favourite thing is to watch Best Mate running at full stretch on the heath, a speeding bullet, a cheetah-dog. Until one day Best Mate is kidnapped by a greyhound trainer, and begins a new life as a champion race dog. Suzie, the greyhound trainer's step-daughter, loves Best Mate on first sight and gives him a new name, Bright Eyes. But what will happen when he can't run any more?

About the Author:

Michael Morpurgo divides his time between his writing and running Farms for City Children, a charity that each year takes up to 3,000 children to a working farm for a week. Michael and his wife Clare were awarded MBEs this year for their work with the charity. Before the first farm opened 22 years ago, Michael was a teacher and his knowledge of children's experiences, plus his experience of Farms, enrich his writing enormously.Michael Morpurgo has won the Whitbread Children's Book Award and the Smarties Book Prize.