Kensuke's Kingdom (Modern Classics)

Michael's parents were made redundant and his Dad decided to sell their car and house and buy a boat instead. Michael left his friends behind and travelled the world on the boat with his parents and their dog Stella. One night there was a huge storm and Michael and Stella fell into the water and he was stung by a jellyfish and hurt. Michael and Stella washed up on an island. One man called Kensuke lived there. Kensuke used to a doctor then went to war. When an atomic bomb dropped on his home in Japan and his wife and child was killed he decided to live by himself on the island. Kensuke looked after Michael until he was well enough to wake up. Kensuke and Michael learnt a lot from each other and spent time painting, fishing and looking after the animals on the island. Michael's parents think that him and Stella have died, they search for them and one day find them. I thought that Kensuke would get on the boat with them but he didn't. I thought the book was very interesting, I liked hearing about the animals and to imagine what life on an island would be like.The main characters in the book are Michael, Michael's Mum and Dad, Kensuke and Stella the dog. Stella the dog was my favourite. She was very loyal to Michael and also loved Kensuke. I love dogs too.I enjoyed reading the book. My favourite was when Michael was reunited with his parents, it was a very happy moment in the book for the whole family but I felt sad that Kensuke chose to stay behind. I think there is a chance his wife and child are still alive.I didn't like it when the killer men came to the island and killed the two mother gibbons. It was very frightening and tragic.I would recommend this book to my friends and family. There is a lot of drama and the writing is very descriptive so it allows you to imagine what the characters are going through.

it is a great book pls read

Love Michael Morpurgo and I had not read this. I wasn't disappointed and would highly recommend.

Michael 11yrs lived with his mum and dad and their dog Stella, one day he heard the factory where his parents worked was to close down, we sold our house and moved onto a boat, the Peggy Sue, we decided to sail round the world, after training in seamanship, we started our journey, we saw dolphins, whales and many other things on our journey, we made Spain, we saw Africa and spent a few days in BrazilWe also spent some time in Africa, going on safari and seeing all the animals, Australia was next, in a storm Stella fell overboard, we just managed to get her back, during another storm Michael fell into the sea with Stella, Michael found his football that helped keep him afloat but soon tired and started to drown, Michael woke up alone on a Island, Stella also found him, now Michael would have to somehow survive long enough to be rescued

My granddaughter's class had this book read to them by her class teacher. My granddaughter asked me to get it for her as she wanted me to read it to her.It'has a great storyline, and it leads alot to the imagination. Wonderfully written and a pleasure to read..

A beautiful award winning book - and for good reason. I like well written children's books - and this is one of the best.

I am well into my forties and only just got around to reading this. What a superb story this is. The characters and relationships develop so well over so few chapters. I can't say much as I do not want to spoil it. Such a beautiful ending. Just a brilliant story that is full of optimism, hope and what family can mean and be. Beautiful. Highly recommended!

I randomly remembered my teacher reading this to the class over twelve years ago and had to reread it. What a wonderful story, even as an adult I thoroughly enjoyed the story and it really made me smile. A brilliant read for anyone who likes a feel good story!

We used this for homeschool, and it would be a good book for grade 4 to grade 9. The story is SO well-written, it is hard to find books of this caliber for kids. I read it and enjoyed it immensely as an adult. It is written so convincingly that I thought it might be non-fiction, but after some research, I found it is fiction, but based on many things that have happened (military personnel being stranded on an island), or do happen (turtles hatch at night), all woven into a well-told story.

نوع ورق قوي

Ha llegado súper rápido y la temática mi hijo le encanta. Al principio le costó un poco la lectura, pero se hizo poco a poco

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Thank you Mr.Morpurgo for writing such a brilliant book on such an unusual plot. I couldn't put it down. It is really interesting the way the author describes him and his life in the form of a child of eleven. All I can say is that it was so well described that anybody would think it was real . Thank you and hope you write even more books for us children!