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      The Wreck of the Zanzibar

      by Michael Morpurgo
      Published
      Jan 2000
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      68
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      "A gripping children''s story from War Horse author and former Children''s Laureate, Michael Morpurgo.We all knew what was going to happen. We''d seen it before. A ship about to founder staggers before she falls. A huge wave broke over her stern and she did not come upright again."" Life on the Scilly Isles in 1907 is bleak and full of hardship. Laura''s twin brother, Billy, disappears, and then a storm devastates everything. It seems there''s little hope. But then the Zanzibar is wrecked on the island''s rocks, and everything changes..."

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      General Fiction Suspense

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      Action Adventure

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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      First Edition Jan 2000 Penguin ISBN 0140381902
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      Oct 2003 Egmont Books (UK) ISBN 1405209305
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      Sep 2023 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN 0008640742
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