War Horse

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Sir Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain's best-loved writers for children. He has written over 100 books and won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, Blue Peter Book Award and the Whitbread Award. His recent bestselling novels include Listen to the Moon, A Medal for Leroy and Shadow. His novel War Horse has been successfully adapted as a West End and Broadway theatre play and a major film by Steven Spielberg. A former Children's Laureate, Michael is also the co-founder, with his wife Clare, of the charity Farms for City Children.

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After a summer working on the farm for Emilie's grandfather, the horses have to leave to follow the German army and pull artillery guns. Emilie is distraught at the loss of her horses. Topthorn is now ridden by Crazy Friedrich, a thoughtful man who has become very attached to him. As the horses are drinking from a stream, Topthorn stumbles and collapses. Joey realizes that he has lost his best friend. As Joey and Friedrich mourn Topthorn, the sound of shells exploding begins around them. Friedrich does not manage to get away and is killed a few paces from Topthorn. Joey stays with them for as long as possible, not wanting to be alone in the world, but the gunfire and shelling terrify him; he begins to run with no particular direction in mind. He runs all night, stumbling over craters and ditches until he feels barbed wire snag his leg. He rips himself free, but his leg begins to stiffen; as the sun rises, he hears excited voices on both sides of him. Joey has found himself trapped in No Man's Land between the British and German trenches. A man in a German uniform waves a white handkerchief and comes out off the trench on one side, and a British soldier follows suit. They agree to work together to free Joey; once they have done so, they flip a coin to decide who will take ownership of Joey. The British soldier wins, and Joey rejoins the British army. The two soldiers observe that if the war were left to them, they would be able to solve everything by communicating and trusting each other. Albert’s father thinks that horses are ‘obstinate and stupid’. Can you think of synonyms for these words? Can you find any antonyms?

Imaginative, and impeccably researched historical fiction, wonderfully written as well as skillfully structured, with characters to connect to and a story that moved me. This is pretty much everything I could ask for in a novel. All of this in a story about a horse, yet it is about much more than story a magnificent racing horse. It is about the injustice of slavery, selling people, like they sold horses, families separated and the racism that continues years later with tragic consequences. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2012-07-25 21:33:03 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA165405 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor A Welsh version of the novel, adapted by Casia Wiliam and titled Ceffyl Rhyfel, was published by Gwasg Carreg Gwalch in 2010. [17] Further information [ edit ] Cast Revealed For Spielberg's War Horse, Lead Role Goes Elsewhere". The Film Stage. 17 June 2010 . Retrieved 17 June 2010.

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Imperial War Museum. "Once Upon a Wartime - Classic War Stories for Children". Archived from the original on 15 December 2010 . Retrieved 17 April 2013. Geraldine Brooks' book, Horse, is a rich tapestry that combines horse racing, race relations, art, love, greed, ego, slavery, betrayal, and ambition into a memorable story. After meeting a World War I veteran, Wilfred Ellis, who drank in his local pub at Iddesleigh and who had been in the Devon Yeomanry working with horses, Morpurgo began to think of telling the story of the universal suffering of the Great War through a horse's viewpoint, but was unsure that he could do it. [1] He also met another villager, Captain Budgett, who had been in the cavalry in the Great War, and a third villager, Albert Weeks, who remembered the Army coming to the village to buy horses. Morpurgo thanks these three men in the dedication of the book. [2] [3] urn:lcp:isbn_9780545057981:epub:696ade5d-5aa4-4278-8ad1-5f4ee35e04a1 Extramarc OhioLINK Library Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier isbn_9780545057981 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t4dn5rp5j Invoice 11 Isbn 9780545057981A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history The author clearly has an affinity for horses, which made the relationship between Jarret and Lexington all the more poignant. I felt the intense love between human and horse, and appreciated the subtle way Brooks connected revelations about the horse from the past with its legacy and bones in the present. I loved learning about the field of osteology and art history – and even the national fascination with horse racing. Watch this interview with the author, Michael Morpurgo. What questions would you ask him if you had the opportunity? Spielberg to Direct WWI Movie 'War Horse' ". archive.is. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.

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Jarret’s chapters vividly show the world of horse racing in the South. Brooks showcases her equine knowledge, and her love of horses shines through. I categorize her equine knowledge with author Jane Smiley. Smiley’s 2000 novel, “Horse Heaven” created a new world for me. While I learned to be intrigued with horse racing from “Horse Heaven”, I am now appalled at the industry after reading Brooks’ story. Brooks shows the ugly underbelly of equine abuse in the industry. After the 2023 horse racing year, and all the dead horses from the Triple Crown events, I see her point. Albert's father is a bully of a man with no time for empathy or sentiment. He expresses himself with his fists and is proud and competitive, only acquiring Joey in the first place because he does not want to lose an auction to a neighbor whom he particularly dislikes. Nonetheless, his bluster does hide love for his family; he is a changed man after selling Joey to the Army, becoming more gentle and less prone to bad temper. Old Zoey Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close Joey comes across lots of different people throughout the story. How does he feel towards each of them? How do they feel about him?While I appreciate Brooks' intent with the different points of view and the varying timelines to show the connection between slavery and current day racism, I am frequently aware that I am reading a book with this framework rather than being carried seamlessly from section to section and being propelled forward by the narrative. During the oldest sections, dealing with the horse Lexington's birth through to his final days, my favorite character was Thomas Scott. He was the frontier artist who painted several images of Lexington at various stages of his life, sometimes including his most important humans, such as Jarrett the groom/trainer. Scott's letter, written to his dear friend from the field hospital of the battlefield, is pitch perfect in its poignant descriptions of war wounds, both visible and invisible. Those elements of the book were, by far, the best parts of the book and if it had just encompassed them, the overall rating would have been at least two stars higher. As it is, though, the rest of the book is dragged down by its polemic agenda. Horse by Geraldine Brooks was a well written novel that spanned three different time lines. Geraldine Brooks masterfully wove together the distinct characters in each time period to tell the story of one of America’s most notorious thoroughbred racing horse, Lexington. She combined real characters with imagined ones in a way that absolutely worked. Horse was based on Lexington’s true story. His life spanned from 1850 to 1875 but his legacy continued to be celebrated even after he departed this world through the foals he sired. Lexington became known for his agility, speed, stamina and faithfulness. I listened to the audiobook of Horse that was read by multiple narrators. The multiple narrators allowed each character to be distinguished easily and made the audiobook enjoyable to listen to. The book spans many generations, from the 1800's to current day, where interconnectedness seems serendipitous. As a reader, I rooted for those who had high ethics, integrity and work ethic...yet their efforts were often thwarted by those with different values. With all the history and research that Brooks brought to this book… I thought it was her most intimate of all the books she has written. It’s my new Brooks favorite.