My review of Listen to the moon By Michael Morpurgo.

If you like WW1 historical fiction stories , full of emotional ups and downs , then you will enjoy this one. 

Alfie and his Dad Jim , who whilst they are out fishing , hear crying from a nearby Island. They get out of their fishing boat and investigate. They discover a young girl, injured and traumatised on the Island , who is all alone.

At first she doesn't speak. They nickname her Lucy lost because Lucy is the first word they hear her say.

Throughout the book we discover who Lucy is and how she came to be lost on the Island.

The story is set in The Scilly Isles in World War 1 and is quite sad in parts but in other parts uplifting.

I enjoyed reading this book more than I thought I would because of the wartime setting ,and will be reading other Michael Morpurgo books in the future.

It didn't take me long to read as I 

was drawn into it from the first chapter and cared about the characters enough to want to continue.

It wasn't predictable and there are a few surprises along the way.

I liked the information chapters at the back of the book and the background to what inspired the story.

Suitable for ages 9+

I rate it 5/5

This is my review for lovereading4kids.co.uk

updated review!

I have just updated my review of The Imaginary by A.F Harold. If you want to read it click here ---> UPDATED REVIEW FOR THE IMAGINARY

Listen to the moon By Michael Morpurgo.

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Mountwood School For Ghosts by Toby Ibbotson.

A funny story about three Great Haggs who believe that ghosts these days have become soppy and are no longer scary.

Goneril,Fredogonda and Drusilla decide to start a school for ghosts because they think that ghosts today aren't scary enough.They need to find the perfect location for the school and that proves to be difficult, as one place they looked at was next to a cinema playing horror films !

Eventually they find a place far enough away from people and begin to teach ghosts how to haunt and scare.

When Percy(the child ghost) gets left behind at the bus stop,after being pushed out of the way by the other ghosts,he is found in Daniels house wall,crying.Daniel and his friend Charlotte return Percy to Mountwood and soon afterwards are returning for help themselves.......

The story is about how the ghosts and humans work together to help each other.
It is a funny and exciting story and is written in three parts.I liked the layout of the book.
I really enjoyed reading this book and i read it to my dog ! 

I think it is suitable for ages 8 +
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