{"product_id":"9780008640835","title":"My Friend Walter","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Michael Morpurgo\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eInterest age: from c 7 years\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 18 January 2024 by HarperCollins Publishers (Farshore) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 16mm | 134g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hilarious tale of history come to life. From the nation’s favourite storyteller,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Morpurgo, best-selling author of War Horse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Living with a ghost can have its difficulties, I discovered, even if he is your friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Remember Sir Walter Raleigh, who laid his cloak in a puddle so Queen Elizabeth I could walk across? Well, Bess meets his ghost and finds out she’s his ancestor!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e How will Bess explain Sir Walter to her family? Especially when he breaks her brother’s fishing rod, steals a horse and smokes cigars in her room?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e My Friend Walter is a uniquely funny story, perfect for reluctant readers, from the author of War Horse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Michael Morpurgo has written more than one hundred books for children and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children’s Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Morpurgo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56153777537349,"sku":"9780008640835","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780008640835.jpg?v=1762272684","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780008640835","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}