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Loading... Farm Boy (original 1997; edition 2012)by Michael Morpurgo
Work detailsFarm Boy by Michael Morpurgo (1997)
None. I liked War Horse (the book, NOT the movie) and decided to read this sequel even though I'd read some disappointing reviews. A quick read with lots of illustrations, this is a sweet story-within-a-story written for children and I enjoyed it. This is exactly the kind of book I liked as a kid. (  ) KarenDBH | Jun 19, 2013 |  I had high hopes for thsi book, the sequel to WAR HORSE, but found myself mired in trying to figure out that grandpa was really the son of Albert in the book. Yes, it is explained but I still struggled. It does bring closure to Joey's life after World War II but the story is slight. American readers will get confused with some of the Britishisms in the story and when the narrator (Albert's great grandson) teaches his grandpa to read, the story that Grandpa wrote can be challening to read. The reader will have to read the sentence with Id in it twice to realize it is I'd. I love Morpurgo's books, but this one isn't his best. (  ) brangwinn | Jan 10, 2013 | For years Joey was a war horse, pulling ambulance carts and artillery through the battlefields of World War I. Finally he returned to Albert and the farm. Now, decades later, Albert's son loves to tell his own grandson stories about the remarkable horse, including its feats in the war and of the time the family risked everything betting that Joey could win a daring race. (  ) prkcs | Aug 17, 2012 | A sequel to War Horse. The Grandfather's tale of his younger life on the farm with Joey and Zoey his farm horses. A good gentle read. (  ) AngieMargi | May 22, 2012 | Not bad, per se, but disappointing. When you market a book as the sequel to something, readers generally expect them to be similar: to have the same air about it. This book was obviously for a different age demographic, had a vastly different writing style, and if MM hadn't specifically stated the characters were the same from the first book, I wouldn't have had known in; the characters of Joey and Albert were very flat. I would have liked it a lot better if it hadn't raised my hopes about it being a follow-up to one of my favorite books. ( ) benuathanasia | Apr 8, 2012 | no reviews | add a review
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