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The Wreck Of The Zanzibar is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published Great Britain by William Heinemann Publishers in 1995. The book won the Whitbread Children's Book Award in 1995.
- Michael Morpurgo
- 1995
Jan 1, 1995 · The Wreck of the Zanzibar. Michael Morpurgo. 3.75. 3,149 ratings196 reviews. Michael travels to Scilly for his Great Aunt Laura's funeral and inherits her diary, which reveals the moving story of her childhood, the great storms and the discovery of Zanzibar. Genres Childrens Historical Fiction Fiction Middle Grade Adventure Historical Young Adult.
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Feb 11, 2014 · The wreck of the Zanzibar. by. Michael Morpurgo. Publication date. 1995. Topics. Shipwrecks -- Fiction, Islands -- Fiction, Diaries, Scilly, Isles of (England) -- Fiction. Publisher. Viking.
Sep 19, 2020 · The wreck of the Zanzibar. When the ship ran aground, Laura was the one who spotted her. She was the toast of the island, for the repairs meant work and money for the islanders of Bryher. It is 1907 and life on the Scilly Isles is bleak.
Oct 3, 2011 · A ship about to founder staggers before she falls. A huge wave broke over her stern and she did not come upright again.… Life on the Scilly Isles in 1907 is bleak and full of hardship. Laura’s twin brother, Billy, disappears, and then a storm devastates everything. It seems there’s little hope.
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- Michael Morpurgo
Life on the Scilly Isles in 1907 is bleak and full of hardship. Laura’s twin brother, Billy, disappears, and then a storm devastates everything. It seems there’s little hope. But then the Zanzibar is wrecked on the island’s rocks, and everything changes ….
- Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo. Random House, 1995 - Juvenile Fiction - 122 pages. In 1907, fourteen-year-old Laura, living with her family on one of the stormy Isles of Scilly, records in her diary how her...
