A spellbinding animal story from War Horse author and former Childrens Laureate, Michael Morpurgo. Bullied at school, nagged in Aunty Mays tenth-floor council flat, theres only one place ten-year-old Billy really feels alive – in the wilderness by the canal. There he watches a cygnet on the water an...

A spellbinding animal story from War Horse author and former Childrens Laureate, Michael Morpurgo. Bullied at school, nagged in Aunty Mays tenth-floor council flat, theres only one place ten-year-old Billy really feels alive – in the wilderness by the canal. There he watches a cygnet on the water and protects a family of fox cubs. Then his secret place is discovered and the fox family decimated. Unwanted and unloved, Billy and the last fox run for their lives … A gripping and poignant animal adventure from the master storyteller of An Eagle in the Snow, Listen to the Moon, Shadow, and An Elephant in the Garden. ––– Former Childrens Laureate Michael Morpurgo needs no introduction. He is one of the most successful childrens authors in the country, loved by children, teachers and parents alike. Michael has written more than forty books for children including the global hit War Horse, which was made into a Hollywood film by Steven Spielberg in 2011. Several of his other stories have been adapted for screen and stage, including My Friend Walter, Why the Whales Came and Kensukes Kingdom. Michael has won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Childrens Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.