01297    a2200229   4500001000700000020001800007040003200025090000800057100002300065245001400088300003100102362000900133520069700142650002100839650000800860650002500868650002500893650003100918942000700949952009200956999001901048120708  a9780006753339  cEscola Canadense de Niteroi  aMOR  aMorpurgo, Michael 10aDear Olly  a120 p.c5 x 0.3 x 8 inches0 a2000  aA moving story of a brother, a sister, and a swallow, and how all are in some way victims of the horrors of landmines.
Olly’s brother Matt wants to go and work with children who have been made orphans, through war, in Africa. He wants to be a clown and make them laugh. His mother and sister want him to stay in England and go to university.
Hero, a swallow, has a journey to make too. He must fly to Africa for the winter to join all the other swallows. His journey is difficult and fraught with danger.
Three separate stories are woven into one powerful and moving novel whose central theme not only exposes the horrors of war and of landmines, but also the endurance of the human spirit. 4aChildren and War 4aWar 4aBrothers and Sisters 4aJuvenile Literature  4aHuman and Animal Relations  cBK  00104070a80.1b80.1d2024-02-09l0oMORpA05670r2024-02-09 21:16:28w2024-02-09yBK  c120708d120708