by Michael Morpurgo · Mammoth · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780749705374
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«Why the Whales Came» is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo, published by Mammoth in paperback (144 pages, in English).
On the Isles of Scilly during the First World War, Gracie and Daniel befriend the Birdman of Bryher and discover that his reputation for madness is unjust. When a whale is stranded, the island is divided between those who want to save it and those who prefer to kill it, while an ancient curse seems to hang over them.
The novel was originally published in 1985; this paperback edition appeared in 1997.
Reading aimed at children and young adults, with a plot of adventure and mystery in a historical setting.
Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or the trenches of the First World War. Morpurgo was the third Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005, and is President of BookTrust, a children's reading charity.
