Michael Morpurgo

1. Michael Morpurgo An amazing author ,known as the master storyteller, who has written an ample collection of best sellers. Here is a bit more about this phenomenal man....

2. Author Profile • Name=Michael Morpurgo. • Born on the fifth of October 1943 in St Albans, he is 71 years old. • Notable Award = OBE • He has written over 100 books which include, War horse, Private Peaceful and The Butterfly Lion. Many of his books are based on war. • He became the third British Children's laureate from 2003 to 2005. • The genres he usually writes are either based on a personal experience like The Butterfly Lion which was based on an unhappy experience at his old boarding school. Or the genre would be based on a quality such as loyalty, respect and forgiveness.

3. War Horse The story is of the truest of friendships in the worst of wars. The novel displays a show of true loyalty and devotion. By Michael Morpurgo

4. Short summary of War Horse Albert (Jeremy Irvine in the film) and his beloved horse, Joey, live on a farm in the British countryside. At the outbreak of World War I, Albert and Joey are forcibly parted when Albert's father sells the horse to the British cavalry. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.

5. Where was War Horse the film set? The part of the film when Joey was bought and sold at the market was set in the Market Cross,Castle Combe, Wiltshire. Which is where ,during the first world war, horse fairs and markets would have been held making it a perfect venue for this aspect of the film. The Narracott farm, where Albert brings up Joey the horse, is actually Ditsworthy Warren House, an abandoned cottage a couple of miles south east of Sheepstor, on the south east edge of Dartmoor in south Devon.

6. Character Profile • Name=Albert • Age=13-18 • His talents are ringing church bells, farming and riding horses. • His views are set on getting Joey back after he was sold to contribute to the effort of winning the first world war. • In the story he is involved in World War One and working in the British cavalry hoping one day to come across Joey. • He is truly devoted to Joey as he goes to the turmoil of the first world war just to find his beloved horse.

7. Sequel Ideas • Another show of true loyalty and devotion. • This time Albert is in danger and Joey needs to save him. • My idea for the sequel is one day they go out into the middle of the woods to give Joey some exercise when he stumbles on a root and Albert falls off and cannot get up again. In this situation Joey has to find a way of saving his beloved Albert. However Joey is completely lost and there is a farmer in the woods who is constantly trying to think of schemes to capture Joey.

8. Mood Board Sadness Happiness Devotion Loyalty Despair Aggression Turmoil

9. Review of War Horse War Horse is an amazing book which shows the story of a boy and a horse's life around the first world war. The author has really tried to show a truly loyal, devoted bond between Albert, the boy, and Joey, the horse. He has based it on many emotions such as despair, devotion and loyalty. Along the horse's adventure he meets another horse, Topthorn, and throughout the story there is a loyal bond between Topthorn and Joey as well. Topthorn and Joey also come across an old man and his granddaughter who become very devoted to them when they stay at their stables on the chaos filled nights of the first world war. Overall the story is trying to portray a sense of loyalty in the worst of wars and how to never lose hope. I really enjoyed the story because of it's intriguing plot and would rate it 9/10. Thank you for reading. By Fergus Evans.