Times of War Collection

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Times of War Collection
Michael Morpurgo

A stunning paperback collection of classic Morpurgo novels set in World War I, World War II and the Afghanistan conflict.Told in the voice of a young soldier, Private Peaceful follows twenty-four hours in his life at the front during WW I, capturing his memories as he looks back over his life. It’s both a love story and a deeply moving account of the horrors of the First World War.In An Elephant in the Garden, Elizabeth's father is fighting on the eastern front in WW II and her mother is working at Dresden zoo when the bombs start to fall. Their home destroyed, Elizabeth’s family must flee through the wintery landscape, avoiding the Russian troops who are drawing ever closer. It would be hard enough, without an elephant in tow…Shadow is the story of Aman, a boy from Afghanistan fleeing the horror of war. A western dog shows up outside the caves where Aman lives with his mother. When they finally decide to make a bid for freedom, Shadow will not leave their side. The destinies of boy and dog are linked, always.

Private Peaceful

An Elephant in the Garden

Shadow

Michael Morpurgo

Contents

Title Page (#u20668c3a-eeee-5745-b673-ad1e1010bc4a)

Private Peaceful (#u825cfc96-061f-5700-a3c8-d62499c84e80)

An Elephant in the Garden (#ub4ff2e4b-0f31-5d1c-aceb-88ef1ec65467)

Shadow (#u676e2d40-b84e-51ba-9078-58127a64be88)

About the Author (#ulink_1f59e95f-1a62-5283-a49f-4572e439cdd1)

Copyright

About the Publisher (#u06eda092-f740-5141-968a-499fad144467)

For my dear godmother,

Mary Niven

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