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Essential Read

War Horse

by Michael Morpurgo · 1982

Classics · ranked #60 in category

Joey, a horse, is sold to the British cavalry as war approaches and narrates his experiences through World War One — from the English countryside through the trenches of France, passing between English, German and French hands. Morpurgo's novel for young readers became a West End and Broadway phenomenon, raising questions about narrating animal experience and about the war's cost to all those caught in it.

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The verdict

Category
Classics
First published
1982 · 1980s
Author
Michael Morpurgo
Standing
Essential Read

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