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The stunning novel set during World War One from Michael Morpurgo, the nation's favourite storyteller and multi-million copy bestseller.

May, 1915.

Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on an uninhabited island in the Scillies - injured, thirsty, lost... and with absolutely no memory of who she…

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1 author picked Listen to the Moon as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

From the author of War Horse, this is another evocation of how the First World War affected the lives of young people: this time Alfie, a young boy who lives in the Scilly Isles, discovers a mysterious girl stranded on a deserted island - and she can't speak. I enjoyed particularly the descriptions of the hard life of the local community, and how their suspicions spread.

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