Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1596 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-05
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Synopsis
This is an exciting adventure and friendship story by a much-loved, award winning author. Gracie and her friend, Daniel have always been warned to stay away from the Birdman and his side of the island. But then, they find a message in the sand and discover the Birdman is not who they thought. They build up a lovely friendship with him, but when the children get stranded on Samson Island they don't know whether to believe the birdman's story that the island is cursed. Set on a remote island against the backdrop of World War I, this story will captivate and delight young readers.

Customer Reviews

BRILL BOOK
Michael Morpurgo has once again enchanted me with this brilliant book. This is really a breath-taking read and I am not just exaggerating - it is actually splendid stuff! I would nominate this book for the Whitbread Award, although the author has won it many a times, or the Smarties Award.

The foundation stone of this story is the curse which came to the people of Samson, one of the Isles of Scilly, and how two young children - an inseparable pair of friends, a boy called Daniel and a girl called Gracie - and the supposedly mad Birdman of Bryher manage to redeem the curse some thirty years later.

I would rate this book 10/ 10 (it is on my favourites list) and would recommend it to older children and Morpurgo writes clever, complex, and thought-provoking books.

Haunting and Endearing
I feel that all the other reviewers have described this book very well and I don't need to add anything as far as the book is concerned. I will however, like point out how well Michael Morpurgo narrates this book. His soft accent fits well with this haunting, slightly melancholy story. I was captivated from start to finish.

This book ROCKS!
I think it was a lovely, mysterious, exciting book! The characters were really cool and the book was written so well. The story is very interesting because it has ghosts and curses but it isn't very scary, only if you read it at night!!!

I read this book in class with my classmates and I really recommend it to anyone who likes reading! When I was reading it I couldn't ever stop because there were exciting and fun things happening all the time!

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