Joey is presented as a remarkable steed, and is lavished with enough appreciation to make an adult gag at times, but keep the hankies handy as there is very moving heartbreak as well. It is written simply and is easy to read. This is a book clearly written for a YA reader, maybe even a Y without the A. Even without dialogue Morpurgo conveys their attachment. Joey bonds with another horse in his tour of duty, as a sort of big brother. They run the course from a loving teenage French girl to cruel Teutonic warriors, from kindly British officers to equally generous German soldiers. And so the adventure and a series of encounters with a wide range of people begins.Īn image from Spielberg's magnificent film - from AOL After bonding with thirteen-year-old Albert at the family farm, Joey is sold to the Army by Albert’s struggling dad. In the tradition of National Velvet and Black Beauty, War Horse is a moving tale of a horse and a time. Every year he and his family spend time in the Scilly Isles, the setting for three of his books.
He is also a father and grandfather, so children have always played a large part in his life. He was knighted in the 2018 for his services to literature and charity.
He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) in 2004. In 2003, he was advanced to an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
In 1999 this work was publicly recognised when he and his wife were invested a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to youth. They have three farms in Devon, Wales and Gloucestershire, open to inner city school children who come to stay and work with the animals. He left teaching after ten years in order to set up 'Farms for City Children' with his wife. After a brief and unsuccessful spell in the army, he took up teaching and started to write. Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1943, he was evacuated to Cumberland during the last years of the Second World War, then returned to London, moving later to Essex. He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera. Sir Michael Andrew Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films.
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