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The Wreck of the Zanzibar

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Michael Morpurgo’s name is almost synonymous with the little islands off the toe of Cornwall called The Isles of Scilly for a considerable number of his books are set there.  The Wreck of the Zanzibar is no exception.  Here the author, through a 14 year old girl called Laura, takes you back in time to the turn of the 20th century.  It’s 1907 and through Laura’s diary we gather that life for everyone including Laura’s family is very tough on the island of Bryher.  First Laura’s twin brother disappears and hardship is joined by heart ache, the milking cows die, a storm devastates everything, they’re starving to death and then a ship called the Zanzibar is wrecked.  The story of how all the lives of those aboard including Laura’s long lost brother are saved on that night by the people of Bryher is tear-jerking stuff but it turns out the wreck is also the saviour of the people of Bryher.  No wonder Michael Morpurgo is considered THE master storyteller for children.  

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