The latest beautiful and uplifting novel from Michael Morpurgo, bestselling author, former children’s laureate, and the imagination behind the international theatrical and movie phenomenon, WAR HORSE Michael Morpurgo is flying high — a top 3 children’s author in the UK, he is also the man behind the biggest theatrical success in living memory, currently playing in the West End, on Broadway, and coming to Australia in 2012. With a major Spielberg movie of War Horse in January 2012, exciting backlist publishing, AND this major new novel, 2012 is truly the Year of Michael Morpurgo!