- Fiction, Friendship, Islands, Whales
Two children befriend the old man known as the Birdman of Bryher and help him lift a curse from their island.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Michael Morpurgo
- First published
- 1760
- Pages
- 163
- Publisher
- Heinemann, imusti, Heinemann Educational Publishers
- Editions
- 28
- Language
- tur, French, English, German
- ISBN
- 9780003300550
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About Michael Morpurgo · 1943
British children's writer
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